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A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end mirror each other, that they are the same.
Todd Solondz

Meaning of "palindrome" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALINDROME

From Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + -drome.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PALINDROME

palindrome  [ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALINDROME

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Palindrome 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 PALINDROME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Palindrome

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of symbols or elements that reads the same forward or reversed, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers. Famous examples include "Amore, Roma", "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama" and "No 'x' in 'Nixon'". Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing. The word "palindrome" was coined from the Greek roots palin and dromos by the English writer Ben Jonson in the 17th century. The Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is karkinikê epigrafê, or simply karkinoi, alluding to the movement of crabs, such as an inscription that may be read backwards.

Definition of palindrome in the English dictionary

The definition of palindrome in the dictionary is a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALINDROME


acrodrome
ˈækrəˌdrəʊm
aerodrome
ˈɛərəˌdrəʊm
airdrome
ˈɛəˌdrəʊm
aquadrome
ˈækwəˌdrəʊm
autodrome
ˈɔːtəʊdrəʊm
chrome
krəʊm
cosmodrome
ˈkɒzməˌdrəʊm
hadrome
ˈhɑːdrəʊm
helidrome
ˈhɛlɪˌdrəʊm
hippodrome
ˈhɪpəˌdrəʊm
Jerome
dʒəˈrəʊm
loxodrome
ˈlɒksəˌdrəʊm
monochrome
ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm
peridrome
ˈpɛrɪˌdrəʊm
prodrome
ˈprəʊdrəʊm
rollerdrome
ˈrəʊləˌdrəʊm
Rome
rəʊm
seadrome
ˈsiːˌdrəʊm
syndrome
ˈsɪndrəʊm
velodrome
ˈviːləˌdrəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALINDROME

palillogy
palimony
palimpsest
palindromic
palindromical
palindromist
paling
palingeneses
palingenesia
palingenesis
palingenesist
palingenesy
palingenetic
palingenetical
palingenetically
palinka
palinode
palinody
palinopia
palinopsia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALINDROME

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
acute respiratory distress syndrome
Asperger´s syndrome
carpal tunnel syndrome
chronic fatigue syndrome
cytochrome
Down´s syndrome
fragile-X syndrome
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
irritable bowel syndrome
Marfan syndrome
metabolic syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Reye´s syndrome
shaken baby syndrome
Stockholm syndrome
sudden infant death syndrome
Tourette syndrome
Tourette´s syndrome
toxic shock syndrome
Williams syndrome

Synonyms and antonyms of palindrome in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «palindrome» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALINDROME

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

Translator English - Chinese

回文
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palíndromo
570 millions of speakers

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palindrome
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

palindrome
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سياق متناظر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

палиндром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palíndromo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যে শব্দ কবিতা প্রভৃতি উলটা করিয়া পড়িলেও একই থাকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palindrome
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Palindrome
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Palindrom
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回文
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palindrome
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

palindrome
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

palindrome
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पलड्रोम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

palindrom
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

palindromo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

palindrom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паліндром
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

palindrom
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παλίνδρομο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

palindroom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

palindrom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

palindrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of palindrome

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALINDROME»

The term «palindrome» is regularly used and occupies the 89.870 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about palindrome

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QUOTES WITH «PALINDROME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word palindrome.
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Todd Solondz
A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end mirror each other, that they are the same.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALINDROME»

Discover the use of palindrome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to palindrome and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Palindrome
Palindrome When both your past and future spell fear. Award-winning author Stuart Woods has crafted a masterful novel no reader will soon forget. For years, Liz Barwick has been battered by her brutal husband, a famous pro football player.
Stuart Woods, 2010
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Palindrome
A murky tale of arson, tortoises, insurrection, moral turpitude, legends, myths, freemasonry and bloody murder set in the idyllic, peaceful glens of the Highlands of Scotland
Donald McDonald, 2008
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Palindrome
It's a hot summer night on Long Island.
Lawrence Kelter, 2012
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American Scream: Palindrome Apocalypse
These new lands are the reality of our hopeful voyages. "American Scream" explores the tension between a nation's dream of freedom and the outworking of that dream.
Dubravka Oraić Tolić, 2005
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Object-Oriented Data Structures Using Java
We emphasize the code that involves a queue. //-------------------------------------------- ------------------------- by Dale/Joyce/Weems // Palindrome.java // Chapter 5 // Provides a method to test whether a string is a palindrome. // Nonletters are skipped.
Nell Dale, Daniel Joyce, Chip Weems, 2011
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Math Through Children's Literature: Making the NCTM ...
This book primarily deals with language palindromes, starting with simple three- letter palindrome riddles and working toward whole sentences. However, numerical palindromes are mentioned and the patterns can be extrapolated. Activities 1 ...
Kathryn L. Braddon, Nancy J. Hall, Dale Taylor, 1993
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Theory of Computer Science: Automata, Languages and Computation
EXAMPLE 2.23 Two definitions of palindromes are given below. Prove by induction that the two definitions are equivalent. Definition 1 A palindrome is a string that reads the same forward and backward. Definition 2 (i) A is a palindrome. (ii) If a ...
K. L. P. Mishra, N. CHANDRASEKARAN, 2006
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Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update Edition
D Inactivation by mutation forming junk DNA Deletion of DNA segment X X Base changes Mirrorlike palindrome AGACCAGA TCTGGTCT Inverted repeat GGATATCC CCTATAGG FIGURE 4.11 Palindromes and Inverted Repeats A mirror-like ...
David P. Clark, 2005
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If You Were a Palindrome
Examines fun and easy ways to learn about palindromes.
Michael Dahl, 2007
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The Art of Prolog: Advanced Programming Techniques
palindrome (Xs) — The string represented by the list Xs is a palindrome. palindrome (Xs) — pal indr ome (Xs , push, [ ]). palindrome ( [XI Xs] , push, S) — palindrome (Xs ,push, [XI S] ) . palindrome ( [XI Xs] , push, S) — palindrome(Xs, pop, [XlS] ) ...
Leon Sterling, Ehud Y. Shapiro, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALINDROME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term palindrome is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gaming Meets OSINT: Using Python to Help Solve Her Story
It's a palindrome. It reads the same backwards as forwards. It doesn't work if you mirror it though it's not quite symmetrical. But well well you get ... «bellingcat, Jul 15»
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History shapes Craigflower Bridge artwork
“Why can't we write a palindrome along the barrier that we can read going both ways?” Local bridges have lost their significance as crossings, ... «Saanich News, Jul 15»
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'Weird Al' on writing: Yankovic, who's performing in Portland Sunday …
I initially thought that album was going to come out in 2002, which was a palindrome year, which I thought “Oh, I am going to do a song about ... «Portland Phoenix, Jul 15»
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Pre-Tisha B'Av Unity in Jerusalem
As guest Odelia Berlin told the assembled, "the Hebrew word for 'and they gave,' v'natnu, is a palindrome (read the same backwards and ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
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Old-time legend to play Winona
Each verse of his "Palindrome Song" is filled with phrases that read the same backward as they do forward, for example. Gramps does not pull ... «Winona Post, Jul 15»
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From Silicon Valley to Aragyugh: Markosians to Produce Natural …
(The name is a palindrome - a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward). In 2012, the couple opened a ... «Hetq Online, Jul 15»
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44 Days To Gopher Football: Meet Colton Beebe
We have a palindrome number of days left before Gopher football returns. Number 44 belongs to Colton Beebe. Beebe is a freshman this year. «The Daily Gopher, Jul 15»
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The Best Reason to Visit This Remote Australian Spot Is Its Name
Nerren Nerren is the longest one I know of, but the United States used to have a twelve-letter palindrome of its own. The town of Sharp, Nevada ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Jul 15»
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#PGCSanFran: Puzzledrome is a palindromic puzzler coming to …
Puzzledrome takes its name from the word "palindrome", which is most often used to describe a word that reads the same backwards as it does ... «Pocket Gamer, Jul 15»
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Peter Rhodes: Pistols drawn
I can only report that today's Jerseyfolk are positively sylphlike compared to the lumpen Brits. Tattoos are rarer, too. That looks like a palindrome ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»

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