Meaning Of The Word Figure of speech

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Figure of speech Meaning

Figure of speech Definition
Figure of speech Definition

What's The Definition Of Figure of speech?

figure of speech
an expression, as a metaphor or simile, using words in a nonliteral sense or unusual manner to add vividness, beauty, etc. to what is said or written
countable noun: A figure of speech is an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning.
noun: an expression of language, such as simile, metaphor, or personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not employed
noun: any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect

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