trope
To use, or embellish something with, a tropeTo use, or embellish something with, a trope.
» I spent hours reading about media tropes.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
(transitive)To represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif.
(transitive)To turn into, coin, or create a new trope.
(transitive)To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
(intransitive)To think or write in terms of tropes.
Examples
4 sentencesI spent hours reading about media tropes.
Airships are a common trope in steampunk works.
Chinese characters are made up of common tropes.
Many of the tropes of modern antisemitism were invented by czarist authorities in Imperial Russia.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a manner, style, turn, way; a tropeFrom 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.
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Forms
tropes, troping, troped, tropedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle