figure of speech Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌfɪɡ.ər əv ˈspiːtʃ]
  • Us [ ˌfɪɡ.jʊr əv ˈspiːtʃ]

Meaning of figure of speech In English

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Examples of figure of speech

  • The title refers both to 'hyperbolae' as geometric design and as a figure of speech.

  • The syntax of "as" is the figure of speech known as simile.

  • An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.

  • A metaphor is a "figure of speech" in which a term is detached from what it normally designates and transferred, implicitly or by analogy, to another object.

  • All this is really figure of speech.

  • That is not just a figure of speech.

  • And that is not a figure of speech.

  • It is no mere figure of speech to say that.

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Translations of figure of speech In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    修辭格, 修辭手段, 比喻…

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  • 中文简体

    修辞格, 修辞手段, 比喻…

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  • Español

    figura retórica…

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  • Português

    figura de linguagem…

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  • Türk dili

    benzetme, yan anlamalı söz, mecaz…

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  • Français

    figure de style…

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  • Čeština

    řečnická figura…

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  • Dansk

    billedligt udtryk…

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