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VERSIFICATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The art or practice of writing verse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("versification" is a kind of...):

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Derivation:

versify (compose verses or put into verse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The form or metrical composition of a poem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("versification" is a kind of...):

form (an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "versification"):

poetic rhythm; prosody; rhythmic pattern ((prosody) a system of versification)

rhyme; rime (correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds))

Derivation:

versify (compose verses or put into verse)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("versification" is a kind of...):

adaptation; version (a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form)

Derivation:

versify (compose verses or put into verse)

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