trope
/tɹəʊp/IPA: /T R OW0 P/
noun
- 1
Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
- 2
A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- 3
Mathematical senses.
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Musical senses.
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Philosophical senses.
verb
- 1
To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
- 2
Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
- 3
To think or write in terms of tropes.
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