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Meaning of "prolepses" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROLEPSES

prolepses  [prəʊˈlɛpsiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROLEPSES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prolepses 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 PROLEPSES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prolepsis

Prolepsis may refer to: ▪ Prolepsis, by Arrogance ▪ Prolepsis, a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection and then immediately answers it ▪ Cataphora, using an expression or word that co-refers with a later expression in the discourse ▪ Flashforward, in storytelling, an interjected scene that represent events in the future ▪ One of the three criteria of truth in Epicureanism...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROLEPSES


analyses
əˈnælɪsiːz
bases
ˈbeɪsiːz
caryopses
ˌkærɪˈɒpsiːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
ellipses
ɪˈlɪpsiːz
indices
ˈɪndɪˌsiːz
metalepses
ˌmetəˈlepsiːz
omphaloskepses
ˌɒmfələʊˈskepsiːz
overseas
ˌəʊvəˈsiːz
paraleipses
ˌpærəˈlaɪpsiːz
paralipses
ˌpærəˈlɪpsiːz
procrypses
prəʊˈkrɪpsiːz
seas
siːz
stereopses
ˌsterɪˈɒpsiːz
syllepses
sɪˈlɛpsiːz
synapses
sɪˈnæpsiːz
synopses
sɪˈnɒpsiːz
xerotripses
ˌzɪərəʊˈtrɪpsiːz
zoothapses
ˌzəʊəˈθæpsiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROLEPSES

prole
proleg
prolegomena
prolegomenal
prolegomenary
prolegomenon
prolegomenous
prolepsis
proleptic
proleptical
proleptically
proler
proletarian
proletarianise
proletarianism
proletarianize
proletarianness
proletariat
proletariate
proletaries

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROLEPSES

a bed of roses
at cross-purposes
corylopses
courses
crises
ecthlipses
exercises
expenses
glasses
horses
losses
masses
metamorphoses
Moses
premises
senses
sunglasses
the masses
theses
to all intents and purposes

Synonyms and antonyms of prolepses in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prolepses» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROLEPSES

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The translations of prolepses from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prolepses» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prolepses
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prolepsis
570 millions of speakers

English

prolepses
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prolepses
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prolepses
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prolepses
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prolepses
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prolepses
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prolepses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prolepses
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prolepsen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prolepses
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prolepses
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kothak piranti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prolepses
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prolepses
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रॉलेप्सिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meydana gelen sarkmalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prolepses
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prolepses
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prolepses
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prolepses
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prolepses
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prolepses
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prolepses
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prolepses
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prolepses

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLEPSES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLEPSES» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROLEPSES»

Discover the use of prolepses in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prolepses and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa
I then turn, in 1.4-6, to Sandbach's arguments against the identification of prolepses and common conceptions. I conclude that although his terminological arguments are unfounded, Sand- bach raises difficult questions about the Stoic theory of ...
Henry Dyson, 2009
2
Time in Ancient Greek Literature
In the first place, we can distinguish between internal analepses/prolepses, which concern events which take place within the time span of the main story, and external analepses/prolepses, which fall outside this time span. Thus in the Iliad, ...
Irene J. F. De Jong, René Nünlist, 2007
3
The Pedagogy of the Johannine Jesus: A Comparative Study of ...
101 He identifies three types of prolepses in the Fourth Gospel: internal prolepses that refer to future events within narrative time, external prolepses that refer to future events beyond the end of the narrative, and mixed prolepses that refer to ...
Gilbert Soo Hoo, 2009
4
Jesus' Farewell to the Disciples: John 13:1-17:26 in ...
The distinction between external and internal analepses/prolepses refers to the difference between those analepses/prolepses of which the entire extent remains external to the primary narrative and those analepses/prolepses of which the ...
D. François Tolmie, 1995
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Life from on High: The Eschatology of the Gospel of John in ...
The first full-blown narrative-critic study of the GJ was R. Alan Culpepper's Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel.56 According to Culpepper, John uses what may be called 'prolepses,' i.e., "any narrative maneuver that consists of narrating or evoking ...
Armando J. Rodriguez (Jr), 2008
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Matthew's Inclusive Story: A Study in the Narrative Rhetoric ...
The experiences of Matthew's community may also be reflected in some of the external prolepses. These too fall into two categories in Matthew: 'eschatological' prolepses, which refer to events at the consummation of the ages when the Son of ...
David B. Howell, 1990
7
Narrative and Media
So much for prolepsis, although it is worth bearing in mind that the various film genres employ what we might want to call 'virtual prolepses', and that a musical score in a movie can use certain motifs as 'musical prolepses'. In a traditional ...
Helen Fulton, Rosemary Huisman, Julian Murphet, 2005
8
Narratology and Classics: A Practical Guide
The scale of prolepses and analepses may vary. Some are brief, so as not to disrupt the flow of events in the main story. But they can also get the upper hand, as in Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, where the analeptic narrations ...
Irene J. F de Jong, 2014
9
Citizens of the Kingdom: Followers in Matthew from a ...
The counterparts of analepses are 'prolepses' where the event is told prematurely .4 'Mixed analepses' refer to events prior to the narrative, which continue in the plot of the story, while 'mixed prolepses' begin in the narrative and continue after  ...
Talvikki Mattila, 2002
10
Narratology and Interpretation: The Content of Narrative ...
If we turn from the experiences of the characters to the reception, the examples discussed reveal that, in addition to the familiarity with the basic data of past events, prolepses and changes in perspective well prepare the readers for the ...
Jonas Grethlein, Antonios Rengakos, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROLEPSES»

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The Winter Vault
... or design – the “mind” of its author can be discerned in its carefully orchestrated resonances, its stealthy anticipations and prolepses. «New Statesman, May 09»

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