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Meanings of trope in English
Synonyms
Examples for "figure"
Examples for "figure"
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In reality, given the generous qualifying regulations, quite sizeable movies often figure.
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Today's new figure is down from the 67 new cases reported yesterday.
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I've long given up trying to figure things out in China today.
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Jun Kwang-hoon is a political figure -a far right political icon.
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But the authors note the figure will vary from year to year.
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The research found young players were particularly vulnerable to body image issues.
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Yet such detentions pose a public image problem for the security forces.
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One told The Observer: 'New Zealand has historically had an image problem.
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Great for the shelter, great for my image and great for business.
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Self-rated health was not associated with body image concern or weight satisfaction.
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Oh, well, I was simply using a figure of speech, High Lord.
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Indicate the figure of speech used in each of the following sentences:
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This keeping of distance was no mere figure of speech for her.
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That is no mere figure of speech: it is an actual truth.
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He had not thought it was more than a figure of speech.
Usage of trope in English
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However, this standard Silicon Valley trope was met with instantaneous backlash Monday.
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But the SBW trope does not allow for that type of flexibility.
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In a different and unintended sense, the trope couldn't be more apt.
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I can't think of any other director who has employed this trope.
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Dunne's enthusiasm for a renaissance isn't just some sort of dramatic trope.
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Reverting to a happier, nostalgic time is a classic trope of infantilism.
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So that's a more modern rendition of the same kind of trope.
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It's kind of a trope, a sort of poetic allusion, you see.
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Only one show has ever truly done justice to this silly trope.
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This is a feature of the trope of black bodies killing themselves.
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Okay sidebar, I hate the whole 10 percent of our brains trope.
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Children going missing is becoming another lazy trope; a route-one shortcut to tragedy.
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You clearly know the difference between a Pov and a repetition-avoiding language trope.
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Print media largely stuck to this trope as a news story.
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As recently as 2018, there was a very popular trope about Jacob Zuma.
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They also fulfil the standard trope equating Nazism with extreme kinkiness.
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Translations for trope
Russian
Trope through the time
Trope across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common