verseverse /vɜːs $ vɜːrs/ ●●○ noun 
Word Origin
Let’s sing the last verse again. Learn the first two verses of the poem by heart. Genesis chapter 3, verse 132[uncountable] words arranged in the form of poetry: a book of comic versein verse Written in verse, the play was set in the Middle Ages.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINverse
ExamplesOrigin:
900-1000 Old French vers, from Latin versus ‘turning, verse’, from vertere ‘to turn’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- I only know the words to the first verse.
- A man's verses were his title deeds to territory.
- And I could turn out imitative verse which expressed similar sentiments.
- And the verse is accordingly irregular and gnarled and yet sappy, far more like growing timber than like steel rails.
- Had Leapor survived she might have burned some of her unpublished verses as she did her juvenilia.
- His knowledge was real, and he documented it chapter and verse.
- Jaq now surmised that Googol was reciting his own verses under his breath, polishing old ones, composing new ones.
- Their craftsmanship makes it clear that he took the business of composing verse and music very seriously indeed.
- These words echo the fist verse of Isaiah 42 1, the Song of the Servant and also Psalm 2 verse7.
THESAURUSpoems► poetry
Collocations poems in general, or the art of writing them: · He reads a lot of poetry.· She wrote poetry and children’s stories.· a poetry book
► verse words arranged in the form of poetry: · a book of comic verse
► anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book: · an anthology of Caribbean poetry
parts of a poem► verse a group of words or sentences that form one part of a poem: · The poem has three verses.· the final verse
► stanza a group of lines in a repeated pattern, which form part of a poem: · the opening stanza of Keats’ poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
poems► poetry poems in general, or the art of writing them: · He reads a lot of poetry.· She wrote poetry and children’s stories.· a poetry book
► verse words arranged in the form of poetry: · a book of comic verse
► anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book: · an anthology of Caribbean poetry
parts of a poem► verse a group of words or sentences that form one part of a poem: · The poem has three verses.· the final verse
► stanza a group of lines in a repeated pattern, which form part of a poem: · the opening stanza of Keats’ poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
► song a short piece of music with words that you sing: · We sang songs around the campfire.· The song was written by John Lennon.
► track one of the songs on a CD or record: · Track three is my favourite one.
► number a song that forms part of a performance of several songs: · The show was brilliant, from the opening number to the end.
► tune the notes in a song, without the words: · I recognize the tune, but I can’t remember what it’s called.
► melody the main series of notes in a piece of music that has several parts which are played together: · The song has a simple melody and beautiful lyrics.
► verse a set of sentences that make up one part of a song: · She sang the first verse of ‘Amazing Grace’.
► chorus a set of sentences in a song that is repeated after each verse: · Most of the kids were able to join in the chorus.
WORD SETS► Literatureacrostic, nounadapt, verballiteration, nounanagram, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantihero, nounapologia, nounappendix, nounassonance, nounauthorship, nounautobiography, nounballad, nounbard, nounbathos, nounbiography, nounblank verse, nounbowdlerize, verbburlesque, nouncaesura, nouncameo, nouncanon, nouncanto, nouncaricature, nounchapter, nouncharacterization, nouncitation, nounclimax, nounclimax, verbcoda, nouncollected, adjectiveconceit, nouncorpus, nouncouplet, nouncritique, noundactyl, noundeclamatory, adjectivedeconstruction, noundense, adjectivedevice, noundialogue, noundiarist, noundiction, noundigest, noundoggerel, noundraft, noundraft, verbdrama, noundub, nounelegy, nounending, nounepic, adjectiveepigram, nounepilogue, nounepistolary, adjectiveepitaph, nounessay, nounessayist, nouneulogy, nounexegesis, nounfable, nounfairy tale, nounfantasy, nounfiction, nounfictional, adjectivefirst edition, nounfirst person, nounflashback, nounflorid, adjectiveflowery, adjectivefolk, adjectiveforeword, nounformulaic, adjectivefree verse, nounghost story, nounGothic, adjectivegrandiloquent, adjectivehaiku, nounheroic, adjectiveheroic couplet, nounhexameter, nounhumorist, nounhyperbole, nouniamb, nouniambic pentameter, nounimage, nounimagery, nouninformal, adjectiveingénue, nouninstalment, nounirony, nounjournal, nounlay, nounlimerick, nounlit., literary, adjectiveliterature, nounlyric, adjectivelyric, nounlyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounman of letters, nounmanuscript, nounmetaphor, nounmetaphorical, adjectivemetre, nounmetrical, adjectivemonologue, nounnarrative, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounnaturalistic, adjectivenom de plume, nounnovel, nounnovelist, nounnovella, nounnursery rhyme, nounode, nounonomatopoeia, nounpadding, nounpaean, nounparagraph, nounparaphrase, verbparaphrase, nounparenthetical, adjectivepassage, nounpathetic fallacy, nounpen name, nounpentameter, nounperiphrasis, nounperoration, nounpicaresque, adjectiveplaywright, nounplot, nounpoem, nounpoet, nounpoetess, nounpoetic, adjectivepoetic licence, nounpoet laureate, nounpoetry, nounpolemic, nounpolemical, adjectivepotboiler, nounprécis, nounpreface, nounprefatory, adjectiveprologue, nounprose, nounprosody, nounprotagonist, nounpseudonym, nounpulp, nounquatrain, nounquotation, nounquote, verbreading, nounrecite, verbrendition, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrhetoric, nounrhyme, nounrhyme, verbromance, nounsaga, nounsatire, nounsatirist, nounscience fiction, nounscribbler, nounscript, nounself-portrait, nounSF, Shakespearean, adjectiveshort story, nounsimile, nounsoliloquy, nounsonnet, nounstanza, nounstilted, adjectivestory, nounstream of consciousness, nounstylist, nounsubplot, nounsubtitle, nounsuperhero, nounsurrealism, nounsurrealistic, adjectivesynopsis, nountailpiece, nountale, nountalking book, nountearjerker, nountext, nountextual, adjectivetexture, nountheme, nounthriller, nountitle, nountragedian, nountragedy, nountragic, adjectivetragicomedy, nountrope, nounturgid, adjectiveunabridged, adjectiveverse, nounvignette, nounvolume, nounweepy, nounwell-turned, adjectivewhodunit, nounwriter, nounwriter's block, nounyarn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► blank
Phrases· Coleridge had developed an apparently relaxed, but in fact extremely clever style of blank verse.
► free· Both have the rhythms that one may associate with free verse poetry, yet few would call these poems.
NOUN► form· Heroic couplets, the typical verse form of the Augustan age, were brought to perfection by Alexander Pope.· I will teach you the modes, the verse form.
VERB► quote· He just quoted the verses, smiled, and said they would bring him great success.
► read· Every morning we were read a verse from the Bible and had to remember it by heart.· As we read those verses, two thousand years on, can we echo Paul's words?· And there I would read the secret verses.· I find my listening springs best out of reading a few verses from Scripture.
► recite· Jaq now surmised that Googol was reciting his own verses under his breath, polishing old ones, composing new ones.· A more expensive model recites a different Koranic verse at each hour.· I would like the Imam Sahib to recite the opening verses of the Koran.· They recite the verse earnestly and proudly.
► sing· It is a build-up song and each person sings a verse with everybody joining in the relevant parts.· If I started to sing that verse Janir would sit up in bed and press his hand across my mouth.· Together they sing the first verse.
► speak· Because he spoke riddles in verse, or because he didn't believe the story of Flodden?· This camp-follower, rogue turned soldier about to become beggar, has no right to speak in verse.
► write· Eddie wrote light verse and became editor of Punch.· She taught me for my first three years of school by writing verses on a wooden tablet covered with clay.· Ermold wrote his verse biography of Louis to win back imperial favour.· The play is written in verse, and several sections were intended to be sung.· These stories are often written in verse, because they are poetry.· Ottavio Rinuccini, who had written verses for the ladies of Ferrara, was one of the poets.· And I think that Paul has a smile on his face as he writes that verse.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► give/quote somebody chapter and verse► deathless prose/verse/lines etc► nonsense poems/verse/rhymes
1[countable] a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Quran (Koran): - She can give him chapter and verse on Finance Acts and other current legislation, and is rigorous in keeping up to date.
- It won't be deathless prose, but it should be a grammatical and effective piece of writing.
- Which artist was famous for his nonsense rhymes? 09.
Let’s sing the last verse again. Learn the first two verses of the poem by heart. Genesis chapter 3, verse 132[uncountable] words arranged in the form of poetry: a book of comic versein verse Written in verse, the play was set in the Middle Ages.