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   synecdoche

   /sɪˈnɛkdəki/

   noun

   • 1. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in England lost by six wickets (meaning ‘the English cricket team’).

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from sun- ‘together’ + ekdekhesthai ‘take up’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. synecdochic adjective
   • 2. synecdochical adjective
   • 3. synecdochically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 21

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