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English *noun*: figure of speech
1.	figure of speech (communication) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
		Synonyms	figure, image, trope
		Broader (hypernym)	rhetorical device
		Narrower (hyponym)	conceit, exaggeration, hyperbole, irony, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche, zeugma
		Domain usage members	bell ringer, blind alley, blockbuster, bull's eye, cakewalk, dawn, domino effect, evening, flip side, goldbrick, home run, housecleaning, lens, mark, megahit, period, rainy day, sleeper, smash hit, summer

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