FIGURE OF SPEECH

Meaning of FIGURE OF SPEECH in English

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FIGURE OF SPEECH — trope
English interlingue dictionary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Date: 1751 a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Form of expression used to convey meaning or heighten effect, often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that …
Английский словарь Британика
FIGURE OF SPEECH — : an expression (as a metaphor or euphemism) that substitutes a variation in point of view by which one thing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Rhet. any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — expression using words in a nonliteral or unusual sense
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Date: 1751 : a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 1751 : a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — ■ noun a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIGURE OF SPEECH — [figure of speech] (1824): a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIGURE OF SPEECH — noun ( pl. figures of speech ) a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meaning …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — ˌfigure of ˈspeech BrE AmE noun [countable] a word or expression that is used in a different way from the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIGURE OF SPEECH — ( figures of speech) A figure of speech is an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — (figures of speech) A ~ is an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIGURE OF SPEECH — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He said he used the phrase as a figure of speech , and did …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Form of expression used to convey meaning or heighten effect, often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Synonyms and related words : adornment, alliteration, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, antonomasia, apophasis, aporia, aposiopesis, apostrophe, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 25B6; noun . See list at rhetoric .
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 1) риторическая фигура 2) преувеличение, неправда фигура речи, риторическая фигура, троп
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Фигура
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FIGURE OF SPEECH — фигура речи, риторическая фигура, троп
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 1) риторическая фигура 2) преувеличение, неправда
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIGURE OF SPEECH — фигура речи, риторическая фигура, троп
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FIGURE OF SPEECH — фигура речи, риторическая фигура, троп
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIGURE OF SPEECH — преувеличение, неправда, риторическая фигура
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIGURE OF SPEECH — преувеличение, неправда, риторическая фигура
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 1) риторическая фигура 2) преувеличение, неправда
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 1) риторическая фигура 2) преувеличение, неправда
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIGURE OF SPEECH — а> риторическая фигура б> преувеличение, неправда
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FIGURE OF SPEECH — а. риторическая фигура б. преувеличение, неправда
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FIGURE OF SPEECH — 1) риторическая фигура 2) преувеличение, неправда фигура речи, риторическая фигура, троп
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPEECH — I Human communication through audible language . Speech sounds are made with air exhaled from the lungs, which passes between …
Английский словарь Британика
FIGURE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) figure of speech figure skating moai figure red figure pottery Staffordshire figure Tanagra figure …
Английский словарь Британика
SPEECH — I. ˈspēch noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English speche, from Old English spǣc, spēc, sprǣc, sprēc; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIGURE — I. ˈfigyə(r), usual in Brit speech & frequent in US speech but regarded by many in the US as substand …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPEECH — /speech/ , n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGURE — — figurable , adj. — figureless , adj. — figurer , n. /fig"yeuhr/ ; esp. Brit. /fig"euhr/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGURE — I. ˈfi-gyər, Britain & often US ˈfi-gər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin figura, from fingere Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPEECH — noun ny declaration of thoughts. 2. speech ·noun talk; mention; common saying. 3. speech ·noun formal discourse in public; oration; …
Webster English vocab
FIGURE — noun to embellish. 2. figure ·noun to indicate by numerals; also, to compute. 3. figure ·noun to embellish with design; …
Webster English vocab
SPEECH — human communication through spoken language. Although many animals possess voices of various types and inflectional capabilities, human beings have learned …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPEECH — speech BrE AmE spiːtʃ ▷ speeches ˈspiːtʃ ɪz -əz ▶ ˈ speech com ˌ munity BrE AmE ▶ ˈ speech …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPEECH — / spiːtʃ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] speech (on / about sth) a formal talk that a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGURE — / ˈfɪgə(r); NAmE ˈfɪgjər/ noun , verb ■ noun NUMBERS 1. [ C , often pl. ] a number representing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEECH — speech S2 W2 /spiːtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ unspeakable , ↑ speechless , ↑ outspoken …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIGURE — I. fig ‧ ure 1 S1 W1 /ˈfɪɡə $ ˈfɪɡjər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPEECH — n. 1 the faculty or act of speaking. 2 a formal public address. 3 a manner of speaking (a man …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGURE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the external form or shape of a thing. b bodily shape (has a well-developed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPEECH — n. 1 the faculty or act of speaking. 2 a formal public address. 3 a manner of speaking (a man …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGURE — n. & v. n. 1 a the external form or shape of a thing. b bodily shape (has a well-developed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPEECH — n.1 the faculty or act of speaking. 2 a formal public address. 3 a manner of speaking (a man of …
Oxford English vocab
FIGURE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the external form or shape of a thing. b bodily shape (has a well-developed …
Oxford English vocab
SPEECH — ( speeches) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Speech is the ability …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGURE — ( figures, figuring, figured) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A figure …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEECH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a passionate speech ▪ Senator McCarthy delivered a powerful and passionate speech. a speech defect …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGURE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPEECH — (SAY WORDS) [noun] [U] - the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken languageChildren usually …
Cambridge English vocab
FIGURE — n. black figure pottery figure of speech figure skating moai figure red figure pottery Staffordshire figure Tanagra figure telum figure …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPEECH — Synonyms and related words : ESP, address, after-dinner speech, alliteration, allocution, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, answer, answering, antiphrasis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGURE — Synonyms and related words : Aristotelian sorites, Establishment, Goclenian sorites, Platonic body, Platonic form, Platonic idea, VIP, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGURE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIGURE — n. 25B6; noun the production figure : STATISTIC, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; ( figures ) data, information. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGURE — n. 1 physique, build, shape, form, configuration, conformation, build, body, outline, silhouette; cut, cast; Slang bod, chassis It's exercise that …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPEECH — noun 1 BAD : I was invited to make a speech on the radio. GOOD : I was invited to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

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