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cesura

American  
[suh-zhoor-uh, -zoor-uh, siz-yoor-uh] / səˈʒʊər ə, -ˈzʊər ə, sɪzˈyʊər ə /

noun

plural

cesuras, cesurae
  1. caesura.


cesura British  
/ sɪˈzjʊərə /

noun

  1. prosody a variant spelling of caesura

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Other Word Forms

  • cesural adjective

Example Sentences

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He founded the Italian photo agency Cesura in 2008, and contributed to Newsweek and Le Monde, among other publications.

From Newsweek

A book of his work titled Russian Interiors was crowdfunded and published by Cesura posthumously.

From Time

A Novo Fogo cocktail throwdown featuring mixologists from Bellevue and Seattle will be held at Café Cesura, 1015 108th Ave. N.E., in Bellevue, Sunday at 6 p.m., follow by an after-party across the street at Bar Code, 1020 108th Ave N.E., from 8-10 p.m.

From Seattle Times

It is not unlikely that the original Sumerian text is in poetical form, as is suggested by the cesura, and the recurring words.

From Project Gutenberg

Hemistich, hem′i-stik, n. one of the two parts of a line of poetry as divided by the cesura: half a line, an incomplete or unfinished line: an epodic line or refrain.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg