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单词 anagram
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(ænəgræm)
Word forms: plural anagrams
countable noun
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase. For example, 'triangle' is an anagram of 'integral'.

anagram in British English

(ˈænəˌɡræm)
noun
a word or phrase the letters of which can be rearranged into another word or phrase
Derived forms
anagrammatic (ˌænəɡrəˈmætɪk) or anagrammatical (ˌanagramˈmatical)
adjective
anagrammatically (ˌanagramˈmatically)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from New Latin anagramma, shortened from Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + gramma a letter

anagram in American English

(ˈænəˌgræm)
noun
1. 
a word or phrase made from another by rearranging its letters (Ex.: now → won, dread → adder)
2.  [pl., with sing. v.]
a game whose object is to make words by arranging letters from a common pool or by forming anagrams from other words
Derived forms
anagrammatic (ˌanagramˈmatic) (ˌænəgrəˈmætɪk)
adjective or ˌanagramˈmatical
anagrammatically (ˌanagramˈmatically)
adverb
Word origin
Fr anagramme < Gr ana-, back + gramma, letter (see gram1), modeled on Gr anagrammatizein, to write the letters of a name backwards

Examples of 'anagram' in a sentence
anagram

My anagram of your name is: we march in line.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Is that a real person's name or an anagram?
The Sun (2009)

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