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Meaning of "epigraph" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPIGRAPH

From Greek epigraphē.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGRAPH

epigraph  [ˈɛpɪˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGRAPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epigraph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPIGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of epigraph in the English dictionary

The definition of epigraph in the dictionary is a quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc, suggesting its theme. Other definition of epigraph is an inscription on a monument or building.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGRAPH


altigraph
ˈæltɪˌɡrɑːf
autograph
ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf
choregraph
ˈkɒrɪˌɡrɑːf
chromolithograph
ˌkrəʊməʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
chronograph
ˈkrɒnəˌɡrɑːf
copygraph
ˈkɒpɪˌɡrɑːf
jellygraph
ˈdʒelɪˌɡrɑːf
lithograph
ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
marconigraph
mɑːˈkəʊnɪˌɡrɑːf
monograph
ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf
pantograph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
paragraph
ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf
photograph
ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf
pictograph
ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf
polygraph
ˈpɒlɪˌɡrɑːf
radiotelegraph
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈtɛlɪˌɡrɑːf
seismograph
ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf
spirograph
ˈspaɪrəˌɡrɑːf
tachygraph
ˈtækɪˌɡrɑːf
trigraph
ˈtraɪˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGRAPH

epigonous
Epigonus
epigram
epigrammatic
epigrammatical
epigrammatically
epigrammatise
epigrammatiser
epigrammatism
epigrammatist
epigrammatize
epigrammatizer
epigrapher
epigraphic
epigraphical
epigraphically
epigraphist
epigraphy
epigynous
epigyny

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGRAPH

bar graph
cerograph
chromatograph
cinematograph
color photograph
digraph
electrocardiograph
electron micrograph
graph
holograph
ideograph
micrograph
Mimeograph
pantagraph
phonograph
photomicrograph
radiograph
seraph
stereograph
subparagraph
telegraph

Synonyms and antonyms of epigraph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epigraph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIGRAPH

Find out the translation of epigraph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epigraph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epigraph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

题词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epígrafe
570 millions of speakers

English

epigraph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शिलालेख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كتابة منقوشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпиграфом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epígrafe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এপিগ্রাফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épigraphe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epigraph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inschrift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

碑文
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epigraph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đài kỷ niệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல்வெட்டுக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिलालेख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yazıt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epigrafe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

motto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епіграфом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epigraf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιγραφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

motto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epigraph
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epigraph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epigraph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGRAPH»

The term «epigraph» is regularly used and occupies the 106.714 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGRAPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «epigraph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «epigraph» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epigraph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGRAPH»

Discover the use of epigraph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epigraph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of the Epigraph: How Great Books Begin
This lively and distinctive literary companion traces not only the art of the epigraph but the history of the book.
Rosemary Ahern, 2012
2
Epigraph: A Novel
Told through a series of letters written to various church volunteers, an account of a man reflecting on a particularly draining period of his life takes place after the death of his wife of several decades and presents an unflinching ...
Gordon Lish, 1996
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and ...
More extravagant dedications are outdated, and humorous ones rarely stand the test of time. EPIGRAPH. If your department or university allows epigraphs, you may include a brief one in addition to or instead of a dedication. An epigraph is a  ...
Kate L. Turabian, 2009
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The Master & Margarita: A Critical Companion
those critics who had attempted to translate the Tolstoyan epigraph into a condensed statement of the novel's meaning, he argued for a different approach, which would explore the rhetorical relationship between the epigraph and the novel it ...
Laura D. Weeks, 1996
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The Peculiarity of Literature: An Allegorical Approach to ...
holds together the two mystery stories: the always already solved mystery of the missing epistle and the as yet-unsolved mystery of the missing story. If the hymen of the epigraph did not place the fiction in that odd state exactly between life and  ...
Jeffrey DeShell, 1997
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Book Design and Production: A Guide for Authors and Publishers
(Avoid thanking “all the little people who made this work possible.”) Epigraph ( optional) page is the next recto. An epigraph is a pertinent quotation at the beginning of a book. The quotation is listed, followed by the author's name on a separate ...
Pete Masterson, 2005
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Discovering Difference: Contemporary Essays in American Culture
In "William Wilson," the epigraph's applicability to the tale certainly seems to give it, retrospectively, the kind of "explanatory" power to which Poe alludes above, even if that power is limited to naming the subject of the narrative — "conscience"  ...
Christoph K. Lohmann, 1993
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Without Rhyme Or Reason: Gaspard de la Nuit and the ...
These issues provide another point for contesting Genette's assertion that the paratext (including the epigraph) exists merely to present the text.29 He cites four functions of the epigraph: (1) to justify a title; (2) to comment on the text; (3) to cite  ...
Marvin Richards, 1998
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Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, ...
The second strategy is the parallel storyline: the author uses a single source for epigraphs throughout, building suspense from epigraph to epigraph, with the reader correctly inferring that the intervening chapters connect the dots.
Scott Norton, 2009
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Critical Companion to T. S. Eliot: A Literary Reference to ...
The First Epigraph Eliot provides readers of “Sweeney Agonistes” with two epigraphs to guide them on their way, and unlike his usual practice of not identifying his sources, in both cases these epigraphs are attrib- uted. The two are equally ...
Russell E. Murphy, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPIGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epigraph is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and other characters to make you cry with …
Coup de Foudre has a line from Antony and Cleopatra as its epigraph: 'Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.' In this new volume of ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Ancient Chinese script may prove Asians discovered America 3300 …
John Ruskamp, a retired chemist and amateur epigraph researcher from Illinois, discovered the unusual markings while walking in the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
7 Facts That Bring Order To The Madness Of 'Alice's Adventures In …
In fact, it's sneakily memorialized in the book's epigraph: All in the golden afternoon. Full leisurely we glide;. For both our oars, with little skill,. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
'The Festival of Insignificance,' by Milan Kundera
A line from “Identity” (1998), Kundera's eighth novel, could serve as the epigraph to this — his 10th, his fourth in French — if not to his entire ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
VIDEO: See More Flashes of "Steins;Gate 0" in Latest Trailer
... but you'll see some glimpses of the characters and setup—0 takes place after certain events in the light novel Steins;Gate: Epigraph of the ... «Crunchyroll News, Jul 15»
6
The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas review – a fantastical family …
Not just funny for a book that opens with a Nietzsche epigraph, but Wodehouse funny or Pratchett funny in parts. And like Pratchett, Thomas ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Greece and China expose the limits of a 'whatever it takes' ideology …
Critically, given the direction of events in Athens, his celebrated epigraph was preceded by "Within our mandate..." And so the prospect of the ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
8
Greece and China expose limits of 'whatever it takes'
Critically, given the direction of events in Athens, his celebrated epigraph was preceded by "Within our mandate..." And so the prospect of the ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
9
“Cartel Land”: A crazy, violent trip into Mexico's deadly drug war and …
What he says serves as a fitting epigraph or central maxim for “Cartel Land,” which surveys two different frontiers of the disordered relationship ... «Salon, Jul 15»
10
Eat What You Kill by Ted Scofield
Not surprisingly, Ayn Rand provides an epigraph: “Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words 'to make ... «Dan's Papers, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Epigraph [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/epigraph>. May 2024 ».
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