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Definition of verse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verse

noun
 
/vɜːs/
 
/vɜːrs/
Idioms
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  1. [uncountable] writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of rhyme synonym poetry
    • in verse Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
    see also blank verse, free verseTopics Literature and writingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • humorous
    • light
    • nonsense
    verb + verse
    • compose
    • write
    • recite
    verse + noun
    • form
    • drama
    preposition
    • in verse
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  2. [countable] a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song
    • a hymn with six verses
    Topics Musicc1
  3. verses
    [plural] (old-fashioned) poetry
    • a book of comic verses
  4. [countable] any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible
    • She always read a few verses from the Bible before going to bed.
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  5. Word OriginOld English fers, from Latin versus ‘a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing’, from vertere ‘to turn’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French vers, from Latin versus.
Idioms
chapter and verse
  1. the exact details of something, especially the exact place where particular information may be found
    • I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position.
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