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Meaning of "hypobole" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPOBOLE

hypobole  [hɪpˈɒbəliː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPOBOLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypobole 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 HYPOBOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hypobole in the English dictionary

The definition of hypobole in the dictionary is the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPOBOLE


Ali
ˈɑːliː
boule
ˈbuːliː
Dili
ˈdiːliː
ecbole
ˈɛkbəliː
flea
fliː
flee
fliː
folie
fɒˈliː
glee
ɡliː
henley
ˈhɛnliː
Holi
ˈhɒˌliː
hyperbolae
haɪˈpɜːbəliː
jubilee
ˈdʒuːbɪˌliː
lea
liː
lee
liː
Leigh
liː
li
liː
Orly
ˈɔːliː
plea
pliː
scytale
ˈskɪtəliː
vali
vɑːˈliː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPOBOLE

hypo
hypoacid
hypoacidity
hypoaeolian
hypoallergenic
hypobaric
hypoblast
hypoblastic
hypocalcemia
hypocalcemic
hypocaust
hypocenter
hypocentral
hypocentre
hypochlorite
hypochlorous
hypochlorous acid
hypochondria
hypochondriac
hypochondriacal

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPOBOLE

amphibole
antimetabole
as a whole
bole
carambole
cole
console
controle
hole
hyperbole
in the hole
obole
on the whole
parabole
parole
rocambole
role
sobole
sole
whole

Synonyms and antonyms of hypobole in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypobole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPOBOLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

hypobole
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hypobole
570 millions of speakers

English

hypobole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypobole
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hypobole
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hypobole
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hypobole
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypobole
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypobole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hypobole
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hypobole
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hypobole
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hypobole
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hipotek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypobole
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hypobole
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपो बॉइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hypobole
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hypobole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypobole
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hypobole
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hypobole
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hypobole
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypobole
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypobole
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypobole
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypobole

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOBOLE»

The term «hypobole» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOBOLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hypobole» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hypobole» 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 hypobole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOBOLE»

Discover the use of hypobole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypobole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Hypobole, or subjection, is similar; when several things are mentioned that seem to make for the contrary side, and each of them refuted in order. It consists of three parts, when complete ; a proposition, an enumeration of particulars with their ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
2
British cyclopedia of the arts and sciences
Hypobole or subjection is when several things are mentioned that seem to make for t ie contrary side, and each of them refuted in order. It consists of three parts when complete ; a proposition, an enumeration of particulars with their answers,  ...
charles f partington, 1835
3
The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Figures suited for proof, are six : Prolepsis, hypobole, anacoinosis, epitrope, parabole, and antithesis. 1. Prolepsis, or anticipation, is so called, when the orator first starts an objection, which he foresees may be made either against his conduct ...
‎1829
4
The Performance of 16th-Century Music: Learning from the ...
58) Hypobole is pressing a melody down beyond the bottom limit ofits ambitus [ i.e., when one extends a line below its normal range]. (p. 183) Hypobole ὑποβολὴ est melodiae infra eius infimum ambitus terminum subiectio. (p. 64) Hypotyposis ...
Anne Smith, 2011
5
Primer of Greek Literature
According to one interpretation of the doubtful tradition, Solon provided that Homeric recitations should follow an authorised text (hypobole); Hipparchus, that they should observe a regular order (hypolepsis). Others take hypobole to mean  ...
Sir Richard C. Jebb, [Preface by Mohit K. Ray], 2003
6
Musica Poetica: Musical-Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque ...
HYPERBOLE, HYPOBOLE: a transgression of the range or ambitus of a modus. Burmeister's hyperbole and hypobole illustrate his intention to provide familiar. ses tragt sich sehr oft in Fugen zu. . . . Die Versetzung geschieht auch in Arien, ...
Dietrich Bartel
7
Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and ...
Hypobole,s. f. hypobole. Hypocaustx, s. m. stove. HrpocHiME, s. m. Hypochise, s. f. hy- pochyma, hypochyses. Hypocondre, î-po-kondr, s. m. hypo- chondres. HyPOCONDRE ОГ HYPOCONDRIAQUKjl-pO- kxm-drï-ak, adj. & s. hypochondriack ...
Abel Boyer, William Bentley Fowle, 1835
8
The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, ...
Hypobole or subjection is when several things are mentioned that seem to make for t*ie contrary side, and each of them refuted in order. It consists of three parts when complete ; a proposition, an enumeration of particulars with their answers,  ...
‎1838
9
Papua New Guinea Translators' Course
Hypobole. Hypobole is the opposite of hyperbole. Hypobole is understatement. In Heb. ll:28 it says, "By faith (Moses) established the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying (angel) should not touch their first born sons.
Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1974
10
Modal Representation in the Early Madrigals of Cipriano de Rore
1 564- 1 629) as hyperbole and hypobole respectively." Poems which make use of subtle and sometimes convoluted rhetorical devices were popular with madrigal " Sec Appendix III for the text and a translation. Joachim Burmeister ( Musica ...
Angela Jane Lloyd, 1996

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOBOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypobole is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Practice Points: Dr. Schindler's “Absolut Schrecklich” Supreme Court …
... that Shipley's “role in the substantive drafting of papers has been less than typical” is so understated as to be hypobole and possibly irony. «Law.com, Feb 15»
2
Football Weekly: Sunderland humiliated by Southampton
Report. cantthinkofagoodname · 20 Oct 2014 9:24. 1 2. I am not one for hypobole or overreacting but it is quite clear Pelle is better than Pele. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
3
Mike Hall: Bring back hypobole
I correctly defined hyperbole as exaggeration, but it turned out he was asking about a slightly different word — hyPObole. He said he learned ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 14»
4
Electric car price war? Chevy chimes in with Volt incentives
@TheSteveSmiths - That too, although shouldn't it be hypobole in that case? ;). TheSteveSmiths 5pts. @Chimel31 @sinephase Chimel, I think ... «CNET, Jun 13»
5
Leeds 2009 Live: Patrick Wolf
Actually, we'll elevate that to 'came in HGVs', since spades still sounds kind of racist and is something of a hypobole. The setlist was: ... «Strange Glue Music, Sep 09»

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