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PROVERB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proverb" is a kind of...):
expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)
Derivation:
proverbial (of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb)
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