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

stanza

noun
 
/ˈstænzə/
 
/ˈstænzə/
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  1. a group of lines in a repeated pattern that form a unit in some types of poem synonym verse
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    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘standing place’, also ‘stanza’.
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