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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phor•i•cal /ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkəl, -ˈfɑr-/USA pronunciation adj. - using or described by metaphor:a metaphorical statement.
met•a•phor•i•cal•ly, adv.: I was speaking metaphorically when I said that, not literally.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phor /ˈmɛtəˌfɔr, -fɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Rhetoric a way of describing another object or thing by suggesting a comparison of it to something else, but without using the word "like'' or "as'':[countable]The rose is often a metaphor of love in poetry.
- the use of such a way of describing things:[uncountable]examples of metaphor in the Iliad.
- a symbol or sign of something else:[countable]That crime story is a metaphor of the times.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phor (met′ə fôr′, -fər),USA pronunciation n. - Rhetorica figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "A mighty fortress is our God.'' Cf. mixed metaphor, simile (def. 1).
- something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem;
symbol.
- Greek metaphorá a transfer, akin to metaphérein to transfer. See meta-, -phore
- Latin metaphora
- 1525–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metaphor /ˈmɛtəfə -ˌfɔː/ n - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance, for example he is a lion in battle
Compare simile
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek metaphora, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bearmetaphoric /ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪk/, ˌmetaˈphorical adj ˌmetaˈphorically adv |