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Example sentences for "synecdoche"

Lexicographically close words:
syndics; syndon; syndrome; syndry; syne; synergism; synergistic; synes; synful; syng
  1. Metalepsis carries us so far, but synecdoche must supplement it.

  2. Capitolinus is metrically awkward; hence the synecdoche from the Tarpeia rupes, the part of the Capitoline from which criminals were hurled.

  3. Synecdoche is putting the name of the whole of anything for a part or a part for the whole.

  4. Synecdoche is the naming of the whole of any thing for a part, or a part for the whole.

  5. Synecdoche is a species of metonymy, and has the same effect of giving vividness.

  6. Synecdoche is that figure of speech in which a part is put for the whole, or the whole for a part.

  7. Hunger' is put by synecdoche for hungry animals.

  8. Arcady Or Tyrian Cynosure~; here put by synecdoche for 'lode-star.


    9. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "synecdoche" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.