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Definition of metathesis noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

metathesis

noun

NAmE//məˈtæθəsəs//

(pl. metatheses

NAmE//məˈtæθəsiz//

) [uncountable] (linguistics)

a change in the order of sounds or letters in a word

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