- [countable] a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word
- Can you think of a rhyme for ‘beauty’?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- half
- rhyme for
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- [countable] a short poem in which the last word in the line has the same sound as the last word in another line, especially the next one
- children’s rhymes and stories
- The kids made up a rhyme about a frog.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- nonsense
- nursery
- …
- recite
- sing
- make up
- …
- rhyme about
- [uncountable] the use of words in a poem or song that have the same sound, especially at the ends of lines
- the poet’s use of rhyme
- a poem without rhyme
- in rhyme a story in rhyme
- a poem written in rhyme
- a poem with an unusual rhyme scheme
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- internal
- scheme
- in rhyme
Word OriginMiddle English rime, from Old French, from medieval Latin rithmus, via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’). The current spelling was introduced in the early 17th cent. under the influence of rhythm.
Idioms
See rhyme in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee rhyme in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthere’s no rhyme or reason to/for something | without rhyme or reason
- if there is no rhyme or reason to something or it happens without rhyme or reason, it happens in a way that cannot be easily explained or understood
- Suddenly, without rhyme or reason, his mood changed.
- There's no rhyme or reason to the new opening hours.
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