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95% | 7 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds | ||||||||
42% | 10 | A foot comprising of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable | ||||||
noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') | ||||||||
42% | 10 | Verse foot containing one accented syllable and two unaccented syllables at the beginning, and ending with one unaccented syllable and one accented syllable | ||||||
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Curtailing Of A Word By Dropping The Final Sound Or Syllable
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APOCOPE with a confidence score of 95%.
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1 | A foot comprising of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable | |
2 | Figure curtailing the misery of Christmas?
The Guardian Cryptic -
13 Jul 2007 | The Guardian Cryptic / 13 Jul 2007 |
3 | Final syllable of a word
New York Times -
06 Dec 2016 | New York Times / 06 Dec 2016 |
4 | Final syllable of a word, in linguistics
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22 Mar 2022 | New York Times / 22 Mar 2022 |
5 | Omission of a word’s final sound or syllable, as in “cuppa” or “pud”
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
01 Jul 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 01 Jul 2023 |
6 | Sensational acts curtailing music over much of 19
The Guardian Cryptic -
11 Feb 2005 | The Guardian Cryptic / 11 Feb 2005 |
7 | Verse foot containing one accented syllable and two unaccented syllables at the beginning, and ending with one unaccented syllable and one accented syllable |