Naming something by using a word that is closely related.
The definition of a metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to replace another word or phrase that is closely associated with the first word or phrase. An example of this would be suit to replace business man.
Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes.
refers to the substituting of one word for another that is closely related to the original word
~Luna
Synecdoche is a type of metonymy
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Metonymy
"You've et a village and a half between yer..." (Tolkien, 35). (village is substituted for villagers)
Figures of speech such as simile, alliteration, assonance, consonance, metonymy, antithesis, metaphor, personification, and anaphora were used in the poem "Like the Molave."
Synecdoche is a type of metonymy
Here is a sentence that uses the word metonymy. Metonymy is a figure of speech that replaces one word for another.
If you know the definition of the word, you should be able to compose a sentence: metonymy is a name that stands for something else with which it is closely associated with. For example: we use crown to refer to a monarchy; brass to refer to the military; and the White House to refer to the U.S. executive branch.
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the white house is the most common metonymy there is in reference to the U.S executive branch
Tanong mo kay jovert
i want to know the same thing
utang ina mo
Love is a burning candle
Metonymy
Metonymy