2syllables
prolepses
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prolepses is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, prolepses is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofprolepses
1noun
- The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
- The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
- (grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
- A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
- Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
- (authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
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