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tropo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • metaphor noun A figure of speech that describes something by calling it another thing, implying a comparison without using "like" or "as".
  • trope noun A recurring device, theme or cliché in storytelling — the plucky orphan, the last-minute dash to the airport.
  • tropic noun Either of the two lines of latitude, north or south of the equator, marking the edge of the tropical zone (Tropic of Cancer / Tropic of Capricorn).

Senses

tropo is used for these senses in English:

  • trope (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.

trope — full definition

  1. noun A recurring device, theme or cliché in storytelling — the plucky orphan, the last-minute dash to the airport.
  2. noun A figure of speech in which words are used in a non-literal way, such as metaphor or irony.

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