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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
Synonyms
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