Litotes

C2 Noun

/laɪˈtoʊtiːz/ Informal: LYE-toh-teez

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Word Litotes

Urdu

غیر مستقیم اظہار

Synonym Two Negative Statements That Cancle To Make Positive Statement

CEFR Level C2

Part of Speech Noun

CEFR Level

Part of Speech

Noun

Word Informal

LYE-toh-teez

Word IPA

/laɪˈtoʊtiːz/

Word Urdu

غیر مستقیم اظہار

Two Negative Statements That Cancle To Make Positive Statement

Synonym Informal

too neg-uh-tiv state-mints that kan-sel too mayk poz-i-tiv state-mint

Synonym IPA

/tuː ˈneɡ.ə.tɪv ˈsteɪt.mənts ðæt ˈkæn.səl tuː meɪk ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv ˈste

Synonym Urdu

دو منفی جملے جو ایک مثبت بنا دیں

English Sentence

Saying "not bad" is an example of litotes.

Urdu Sentence

"برا نہیں" کہنا لیتوٹیس کی مثال ہے۔

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