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METAPHORIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
Example:
metaphoric language
Synonyms:
metaphoric; metaphorical
Classified under:
Similar:
figurative; nonliteral ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech)
Derivation:
metaphor (a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity)
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