metaphorical
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6.6
- adjective
- /ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkəl/
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metafórico
- Only when we already grasp the connection does the metaphorical story make sense.
- a metaphorical expression
- metaphorical language
- metaphorical and literal
Make this metaphorical, make this visual to him.
- Make this metaphorical, make this visual to him.
- And I don't mean metaphorical running, although it may come up.
- In your business where you're going to have to face a metaphorical fork in the road.
- In short, Clinton's head on a metaphorical Pike, as if she had been beheaded.
- If it's not a metaphorical standoff, it's not emotional standoff.
- But all along it was like a metaphorical gun.
- No, but we use this spatial language, this metaphorical language in order to to make sense of that.
- It's like by her chopping the chains, literally, she was chopping the metaphorical chains.
- And so much of psychedelic experiences are poetic and metaphorical.
- the US was taking the metaphorical baton of leadership from Britain as the world's strongest power.
Examples
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The writer's metaphorical language created vivid images in the reader's mind.
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There is a lot of metaphorical significance that is attached to breathing.
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Yeah, it was more of a metaphorical thing.
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Or are we talking of a more metaphorical centre?
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We love to look at ourselves in a metaphorical sense, too.
Academic text (2008) -
Of course, the image does help, particularly since her metaphorical buildings are public cultural spaces.
Fiction book (1993) -
So I'm going to give you a metaphorical example.
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Why would that metaphorical phrase have a particular impact on an American audience?
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And I make the case in the book that in fact, all of us, all of you, are stranded on a metaphorical desert island.
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All of these experiences may appear purely metaphorical to the non-Indian reader.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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4.3
A way of showing meaning using a color, object or action
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6.4
Using words in a non-literal way to create images
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6.7
To describe one thing by comparing it to another to show an idea or feeling
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7.4
Using a comparison to show how two things are similar
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7.1
Using words to suggest an idea or image instead of their direct meaning
Full of symbols that represent ideas or morals
The use of images or symbols in writing to show deeper meaning
That shows an idea by a sign or object
Antonyms
How Figurative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word metaphorical comes from Greek parts meta- meaning 'beyond' and phor meaning 'to carry'. So a metaphorical phrase 'carries' an idea from one thing to another instead of saying it in a literal way, like calling someone a 'rock' to mean they are very steady.