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trope

The correct spelling is trope.

How to pronounce trope

/tɹəʊp/
noun

IPA: /tɹəʊp/

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The correct spelling is trope. Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to f…

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
  2. 2.A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
  3. 3.Mathematical senses.
  4. 4.Musical senses.
  5. 5.Philosophical senses.

verb

  1. 1.To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
  2. 2.Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
  3. 3.To think or write in terms of tropes.

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