trope
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Synonyms: grope, rope, troupe, trone, trove, tope, strope, tripe, trode, troope, trompe
Antonyms: grope, rope, troupe, trone, trove, tope, strope, tripe, trode, troope, trompe
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- {{lb|en|art|literature}} Something [[recur]]ring across a [[genre]] or [[type#Noun|type]] of [[art]] or [[literature]]; a [[motif]].
- {{lb|en|medieval|_|Christianity}} An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the [[liturgy]], serving as an [[embellishment]].
- {{lb|en|rhetoric}} A [[figure of speech]] in which [[word#Noun|words]] or [[phrase#Noun|phrases]] are used with a [[nonliteral]] or [[figurative]] [[meaning#Noun|meaning]], such as a [[metaphor]].
- {{lb|en|geometry}} {{non-gloss|Mathematical senses.}}
- {{lb|en|music}} {{non-gloss|Musical senses.}}
- {{lb|en|philosophy}} {{non-gloss|Philosophical senses.}}
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[use#Verb|use]], or [[embellish]] something with, a [[#Noun|trope]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} {{non-gloss|Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.}}
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[think#Verb|think]] or [[write]] in terms of [[#Noun|trope]]s.
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