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Figure of Speech

nounid 58410·updated May 18, 2026
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
figure
plural
Figure of Speeches
possessive
Figure of Speech's
pluralpossessive
Figure of Speeches'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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