pleonasm
11pleonasm — UK [ˈpliːəˌnæz(ə)m] / US [ˈplɪəˌnæzəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pleonasm : singular pleonasm plural pleonasms linguistics the use of more words than are necessary to say something Derived word: pleonastic UK [ˌpliːəˈnæstɪk] / US… …
12pleonasm — noun Etymology: Late Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein to be excessive, from pleiōn, pleōn more more at plus Date: 1610 1. the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) ; redundancy …
13pleonasm — The repetition of an idea both in Hebrew poetry, as Ps. 8:4, and in the gospels: e.g. Mark 7:21; but when Matt. follows Mark, the superfluous words ‘from within’ are omitted by Matt. 15:19, thus eliminating Mark s pleonasm …
14pleonasm — noun (C, U) technical the use of more words than are needed to express an idea: The phrase an apple divided into two halves is a pleonasm. pleonastic adjective …
15pleonasm — См. pleonasmo …
16pleonasm — pleonastic, adj. pleonastically, adv. /plee euh naz euhm/, n. 1. the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy. 2. an instance of this, as free gift or true fact. 3. a redundant word or expression. [1580 90; < LL… …
17pleonásm — s. n. (sil. ple o ), pl. pleonásme …
18pleonasm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. redundance, verbosity, diffuseness, tautology, superfluity, circumlocution, wordiness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redundancy, verbiage, circumlocution; see repetition , wordiness . III (Roget s Thesaurus …
19pleonasm — ple|o|nasm [ pliə,næzəm ] noun count or uncount LINGUISTICS the use of more words than are necessary to say something ╾ ple|o|nas|tic [ ,pliə næstık ] adjective …
20pleonasm — ple·o·nasm || plɪəʊnæzm n. verbosity, excessive wordiness, redundancy …
