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Synecdoche |siˈnekdəkē|
noun
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
synecdochic |ˌsinekˈdäkik| adjective
synecdochical |ˌsinekˈdäkikəl| adjective
synecdochically |-ˈdäkik(ə)lē| adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English : via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from sun- ‘together’ + ekdekhesthai ‘take up.’