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synecdoche

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

syn·ec·do·che / siˈnekdəkē/ • n. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”). DERIVATIVES: syn·ec·doch·ic / ˌsinekˈdäkik/ adj. syn·ec·doch·i·cal / ˌsinekˈdäkikəl/ adj. syn·ec·doch·i·cal·ly / -ˈdäkik(ə)lē/ adv.

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SYNECDOCHE

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | | Copyright

SYNECDOCHE [Stress: ‘sin-EK-doh-ky’]. In RHETORIC, a figure of speech concerned with parts and wholes: (1) Where the part represents the whole: ‘All hands on deck’ (the members of a ship's crew represented by their hands alone). (2) Where the whole represents the part: ‘England lost to Australia in the last Test Match’ (the countries standing for the teams representing them and taking a plural verb). See METONYMY.

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TOM McARTHUR. "SYNECDOCHE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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synecdoche

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

synecdoche (pron. ‘sinekdoki’), a figure of speech by which a more comprehensive term is used for a less comprehensive or vice versa, as whole for part or part for whole, e.g. ‘There were six guns out on the moor’ where ‘guns’ stands for shooters; and ‘Oxford won the match’, where ‘Oxford’ stands for ‘the Oxford eleven’.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "synecdoche." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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synecdoche

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

synecdoche , figure of speech, a species of metaphor , in which a part of a person or thing is used to designate the whole—thus, "The house was built by 40 hands" for "The house was built by 20 people." See metonymy .

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synecdoche

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

synecdoche - L. synecdochē — Gr. sunekdokhḗ, f. sunekdékhesthai, f. SYN- + ekdékhesthai take up.

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T. F. HOAD. "synecdoche." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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