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Meanings of litotes in английском

португальский
litotes
каталонский
lítote
испанский
atenuación

Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

        litotes
        русский
        литота
        португальский
        litote
        испанский
        litote
        каталонский
        lítote

        Figure of speech.

                Related terms
                литота
                Синонимы
                Examples for "meiosis"
                Examples for "meiosis"
                1
                Recombination is the exchange of information between two homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
                Pubmed
                2
                The key step for faithful chromosome segregation during meiosis is kinetochore assembly.
                Pubmed
                3
                Would she have been willing to risk the random roll of meiosis?
                Still alice
                4
                In meiosis, recombinant frequencies were reduced by a factor of approximately 10.
                Pubmed
                5
                These findings confirm errors in meiosis as the origin of struma ovarii.
                Pubmed
                Usage of litotes in английском
                1
                There's a bizarre footnote to the story of hyperbole, which is that of its cousin, litotes, or understatement.
                The Guardian
                2
                V.- Ipardonthis epitrope, but pray use less metaphor and more litotes in the prosopography you dedicate to my modest entity-
                Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. / A Weekly Jou...
                Frequent collocations
                Translations for litotes
                португальский
                litoteslitote
                каталонский
                lítote
                русский
                литота
                Litotes through the time