SYNECDOCHE


Meaning of SYNECDOCHE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈnek-də-(ˌ)kē ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek synekdochē, from syn- + ekdochē sense, interpretation, from ekdechesthai to receive, understand, from ex from + dechesthai to receive; akin to Greek dokein to seem good — more at ex- , decent

Date: 15th century

: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships ), the whole for a part (as society for high society ), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin ), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man ), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage )

• syn·ec·doch·ic ˌsi-ˌnek-ˈdä-kik adjective

• syn·ec·doch·i·cal -ˈdä-ki-kəl adjective

• syn·ec·doch·i·cal·ly -ki-k(ə-)lē adverb

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