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a figure of speech
figure of speech
The parts of speech are the nuts and bolts of language. You can talk about the functions of the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions) without any regard to the meanings of the words themselves. Figures of speech are creative uses of language in order to convey certain moods or meanings.
Homophones are a pair of words pronounced the same way but having different meanings or spellings, or both.Figure, in the sense of 'amount of money' and figure in the sense of a 'nonliteral part of speech', are homophones.Some other meanings - homophones - for figure are:model (he made the figure of a cross from twigs)sum, total (the final figure came to twenty dollars)impression (of a person: he was a figure of fun)set of movements (figure-skating)
A figure of speech
Verify is normally a verb because it is an action.
"Fair and square" is an example of an idiom, which is a figure of speech that cannot be understood from the literal meanings of its individual words.
The Tagalog term for "figure of speech" is "larawang-diwa."
A tidbit and a morsel have similar meanings. If specific about it, a tidbit isn't so much referring to food as a morsel is. It is more a figure of speech.
The meaning of a double entendre in simple terms it is a figure of speech that describes one word with having two distinct and different meanings of their own.
figure of speech according to categories
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