English dictionary
trope
/tr/oU/p/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Source: WordNet 3.0
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The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.
Source: webster1913