a succession of metrical feet written, printed, or orally composed as one line; one of the lines of a poem.
a particular type of metrical line: a hexameter verse.
a poem, or piece of poetry.
metrical composition; poetry, especially as involving metrical form.
metrical writing distinguished from poetry because of its inferior quality: a writer of verse, not poetry.
a particular type of metrical composition: elegiac verse.
the collective poetry of an author, period, nation, etc.: Miltonian verse; American verse.
one of the short conventional divisions of a chapter of the Bible.
Music.
that part of a song following the introduction and preceding the chorus.
a part of a song designed to be sung by a solo voice.
Rare. a line of prose, especially a sentence, or part of a sentence, written as one line.
Rare. a subdivision in any literary work.
adjective
of, relating to, or written in verse: a verse play.
verb (used without object),versed,vers·ing.
versify (def. 3).
verb (used with object),versed,vers·ing.
to express in verse.
Origin of verse
First recorded before 900; Middle English vers(e), fers “line of poetry, section of a psalm,” Old English fers, from Latin versus “a row, line (of poetry),” literally, “a turning,” equivalent to vert(ere), “to turn” (past participle versus) + -tus suffix of verbal action, with dt becoming s; akin to -ward, worth2
synonym study for verse
1. Verse,stanza,strophe,stave are terms for a metrical grouping in poetic composition. Verse is often mistakenly used for stanza, but is properly only a single metrical line. A stanza is a succession of lines (verses) commonly bound together by a rhyme scheme, and usually forming one of a series of similar groups that constitute a poem: The four-line stanza is the one most frequently used in English.Strophe (originally the section of a Greek choral ode sung while the chorus was moving from right to left) is in English poetry practically equivalent to “section”; a strophe may be unrhymed or without strict form, but may be a stanza: Strophes are divisions of odes.Stave is a word (now seldom used) that means a stanza set to music or intended to be sung: a stave of a hymn; a stave of a drinking song.4-6. See poetry.
OTHER WORDS FROM verse
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH verse
verses , versus
Words nearby verse
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That would incentivize bringing in nurses and doctors who are versed in preventive care, and could keep down resident fees, she said.
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A great strategy requires a sharp, well-versed professional — which does come at a premium.
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Under the new standard, “it really is going to come down to the word necessity verses reasonable, and analyzing what is necessary in terms of use of force,” District Attorney Summer Stephan, who succeeded Dumanis, told the VOSD Podcast last year.
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As well-versed as he is in the science of the coronavirus, he’s overlooking the well-established science of “anti-science bias,” or science denial.
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It needs to be said: bigotry in the name of religion is still bigotry; child abuse wrapped in a Bible verse is still child abuse.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
No more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I know the verse because Mrs. Bertalan used to have us do it in ninth-grade choir.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I have seen the ugliest thoughts expressed, sometimes in verse, while using public restrooms.
Blurred Lines at NY Sketchbook Museum|Daniel Genis|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was not a single Bible verse quoted to me, for or against MMA, that I believe applies to this situation.
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Chatham had addressed him living, in verse, and peers sought for the honour of supporting the pall at his funeral.
Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 2 of 3)|John Doran
I will not say, Here is fine or cheap: that were an injury to the verse itself, and to the effects it can produce.
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II|Henry Vaughan
Whatever doubt exists in verse 12 about trial or temptation vanishes in verse 13.
Studies in the Epistle of James|A. T. Robertson
He quotes the verse in question, and it proves to be none other than the good old rhyme: "Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home!"
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes
It is very probable that the normal foot occurs only in a larger whole, the verse.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various
British Dictionary definitions for verse
verse
/ (vɜːs) /
noun
(not in technical usage) a stanza or other short subdivision of a poem
poetry as distinct from prose
a series of metrical feet forming a rhythmic unit of one line
(as modifier)verse line
a specified type of metre or metrical structureiambic verse
one of the series of short subsections into which most of the writings in the Bible are divided
a metrical composition; poem
verb
a rare word for versify
Word Origin for verse
Old English vers, from Latin versus a furrow, literally: a turning (of the plough), from vertere to turn
A kind of language made intentionally different from ordinary speech or prose. It usually employs devices such as meter and rhyme, though not always. Free verse, for example, has neither meter nor rhyme. Verse is usually considered a broader category than poetry, with the latter being reserved to mean verse that is serious and genuinely artistic.