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Meaning of epistrophe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɪˈpɪstrəfi

Definitions

  1. The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
  2. An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface).

Equivalents

Français épistrophe

Examples

“Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose.”
“As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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