Trope Definition

trōp

tropes

noun

tropes

A figure of speech.

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The use of a word or words in a figurative sense.

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Figurative language in general.

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A common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc.

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In the medieval church,

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Synonyms:

affix

A turning or changing.

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Something that turns or changes.

Thaumatrope.

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Turning.

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verb

To use, or embellish something with a trope.

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(often literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.

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(often literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.

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(intransitive) To think or write in terms of tropes.

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Other Word Forms of Trope

Singular:

trope

Plural:

From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (tropos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic").

From Wiktionary
Latin tropus from Greek tropos turn, figure of speech trep- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Gr -tropos: see trope

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition