noun Download 🔗Share The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. Examples : "The prolepsis of the new school year began in June with the distribution of summer reading lists. " time language literature grammar Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The anticipation of an objection to an argument. Examples : "Before I even present my idea for the class project, I want to address a potential concern: the prolepsis is that some might think it's too ambitious, but I've already developed a detailed timeline to ensure we stay on track. " language communication logic writing literature philosophy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond. Examples : "That test, I already aced it! (The object "it" anticipating "that test" is an example of prolepsis.) " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world. Examples : "The child's prolepsis that all dogs are friendly, based on positive experiences with family pets, led her to approach a stray confidently, which thankfully turned out to be a kind and gentle animal. " philosophy theory mind language linguistics word education communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem. Examples : "The unusual spurt of new branches from the apple tree in mid-summer, long after the initial spring growth, was an example of prolepsis. " biology plant agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device. Examples : "The movie used prolepsis when it showed the main character receiving a "Missing" poster with her own face on it in the very first scene, even though we didn't yet know she would disappear. " literature writing story language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading