Associations to the word «Trope»

TROPE, noun. (literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and cliché but not necessarily pejorative.

TROPE, noun. A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.

TROPE, noun. (music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.

TROPE, noun. (music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.

TROPE, noun. (music) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.

TROPE, noun. (Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or the mark that represents it.

TROPE, verb. To use, or embellish something with a trope.

TROPE, verb. (often literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.

TROPE, verb. (often literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.

TROPE, verb. (intransitive) To think or write in terms of tropes.

TROPE, noun. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.