metaphor
The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other…The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
» I thought it was just a metaphor.
Я думала, это всего лишь метафора.
Я думал, это просто метафора.
Meaning
3 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
(countable, rhetoric)A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
Metapher, Metapher
мета́фораmetáfora, мета́фораmetáfora
мета́фораmetáfora
(countable)The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
desktop metaphor, wastebasket 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
Examples
44 sentencesI thought it was just a metaphor.
ruЯ думала, это всего лишь метафора.
I thought that it was just a metaphor.
ruЯ думал, это просто метафора.
What's your favorite metaphor?
This is a metaphor.
ruЭто метафора.
deDas ist eine Metapher.
Metaphors aren't meant to be taken literally.
ruМетафоры не должны восприниматься буквально.
deMetaphern sollen nicht wörtlich genommen werden.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphoráFrom Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
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Forms
plural: metaphorsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable