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figure of speech, or one
could interpret a
phrase metaphorically or
metonymically. For example, the
phrase "lend me your ear"
could be
analyzed in a number...
-
another place. English-language
media often use the name of the
capital metonymically to
refer to the
government sitting there. Thus, "London-Washington relations"...
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before entering a game. A team's
roster of
relief pitchers is also
metonymically referred to as "the bullpen".
These pitchers usually wait in the bullpen...
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Ireland under English and
later British rule. "Dublin Castle" is used
metonymically to
describe British rule in Ireland. The
Castle held only the executive...
- anarchists, communists, and
socialists whose luxurious lifestyles,
metonymically including consumption of champagne, are
ostensibly in
conflict with...
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Hindu terrorism, or
sometimes Hindutva terror, or
metonymically saffron terror,
refer to
terrorist acts
carried out, on the
basis of
motivations in broad...
- racing, they are
often called "sports
racing cars". Sometimes, they are
metonymically referred to as "Le Mans cars", as the 24
Hours of Le Mans has been closely...
-
White House loses its balance." In this case, "The
White House" is used
metonymically to
represent the U.S. government, and "balance"
could be interpreted...
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Russian cities. The word is
often used to
refer to the
Moscow Kremlin and
metonymically to the
government based there.
Other such
fortresses are
called detinets...
- take
either singular or
plural verb
forms depending on
context and the
metonymic shift that it implies,
while in some
other forms of
English the verb agreement...
