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trope
CEFRC1
/tɹəʊp/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A common idea, theme, or device used in stories or art.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
Examples
Airships are a common trope in steampunk works.
Usually known as 'tropes,' these interpolations consisted at first of but a few words; those of the Introit at the beginning of Mass on great festivals, however, often took the form of dialogues.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 3
Also pronounced
- /tɹoʊp/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAn addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
Mathematical senses.
More examples
In contextContrary to the familiar trope that regulation kills innovation, Harding argues that in fact the political, moral and legal clarity provided by the Warnock commission spurred investment and economic growth.
I troped the World Wide Web as an especially dangerous research venue. "Don't pick up anything unless you know where it has been," I said.
"So clomb this first grand Thief into God's Fold" (4.192), [John] Milton writes, thus troping Satan's transgression as neither deception, seduction, nor disobedience, though he presents it in those terms elsewhere, but rather as robbery.
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Origin
noun
From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a manner, style, turn, way; a trope or figure of speech; a mode in music; a mode or mood in logic”), related to τροπή (tropḗ, “solstice; trope; turn”) and τρέπειν (trépein, “to turn”); compare turn of phrase. The verb is derived from the noun.