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METAPHORIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metaphoric mean?
• METAPHORIC (adjective)
The adjective METAPHORIC has 1 sense:
1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
Familiarity information: METAPHORIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
Synonyms:
metaphoric; metaphorical
Context example:
metaphoric language
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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