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Trope

Noun

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1.NounSomething recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
2.NounAn addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
3.NounA figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
4.NounMathematical senses. A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic. The reciprocal of a node on a surface.
5.NounA tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
6.NounThe reciprocal of a node on a surface.
7.NounMusical senses. A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music. A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique. A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
8.NounA short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
9.NounA pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
10.NounA cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
11.NounPhilosophical senses. Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism. A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
12.NounAny of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
13.NounA particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
14.VerbTo use, or embellish something with, a trope.
15.VerbSenses relating chiefly to art or literature. To represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif. To turn into, coin, or create a new trope. To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
16.VerbTo represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif.
17.VerbTo turn into, coin, or create a new trope.
18.VerbTo analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
19.VerbTo think or write in terms of tropes.
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