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synecdoche
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Synecdoche
understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part. (A form of metonymy.) *Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6 *I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Found op http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
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Synecdoche
Figure of speech where a part is made to stand for the whole e.g. in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar : 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.'
Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm
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synecdoche
[n] - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=synecdoche
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Synecdoche
Syn·ec'do·che (sĭn*ĕk'do*ke) noun [ Latin synecdoche , Greek synekdochh` , from to receive jointly; sy`n with + ... to receive; ... out + ... to receive.] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a part of a ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/266
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synecdoche
noun substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=synecdoche
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Synecdoche
• (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the mat... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/synecdoche/
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synecdoche
figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, as in the expression `hired hands` for workmen or, less commonly, the whole represents a ... [3 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/200
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Synecdoche
Synecdoche (iː or "sin-NECK-duh-key"; from Greek synekdoche (συνεκδοχή), meaning "simultaneous understanding", is a figure of speech in which a term is used in one of the following ways: ==Similar figures of speech== Synecdoche is closely related to metonymy (the figure of speech in which... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche
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synecdoche
a figure of speech where the part stands for the whole (for example, 'I've got wheels' for 'I have a car'). One expression that combines synecdoche and metonymy (in which a word normally associated with something is substituted for the term usually naming that thing) is 'boob tube,' meaning 'televis... Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic
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synecdoche
synecdoche (sinek'dukē) , figure of speech, a species of metaphor, in which a part of a person or thing is used to designate the whole—thus, “The house was built by 40 hands” for “The house was built by 20 people.” See metonymy. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0847499.html
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synecdoche
Figure of speech that uses either the part to represent the whole (`There were some new faces at the meeting`, rather than new people), or the whole to stand for the part (`The West Indies beat England at cricket`, using the country to stand for the national teams in question). The fig... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0005973.html
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synecdoche
1) Figure 2) Figure of speech 3) Image 4) Trope Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/synecdoche/1
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