metaphors

الإنجليزية - التركية

تعريف metaphors في الإنجليزية التركية القاموس.

metaphor

mecaz

Mecazi olarak mı konuşuyorsun? - Are you speaking metaphorically?

Mecazlar gerçeklerden çok daha inatçıdırlar. - Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.

Metaphor

metafor

Çiçekler o kadar narin ve güzeldir ki şiirler ve metaforlar olmadan onlar hakkında konuşamazsın. - Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.

Interlingua sizin için sadece bir fantazi metafor kalacak mı? - Will Interlingua remain just a fantasy metaphor for you?

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف metaphors في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: plural of metaphor
metaphor: The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile
mixed metaphors: plural form of mixed metaphor
metaphor: a figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other
metaphor: {i} simile, poetic substitution of one thing for another in order to suggest comparison or resemblance; mundane thing that is used as a symbol for an abstract concept
metaphor: {n} a change from natural to figurative
metaphor: (metta-for) A metaphor is a phrase or figure of speech that takes a name or descriptive term and applies it to a person or object in a non-literal sense - for example, "the heart of the matter", "a pillar of the community", "a wave of terrorism", and so forth
metaphor: the ship plows the sea
metaphor: If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke. To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings. Figure of speech in which a word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in "the ship plows the seas" or "a volley of oaths"). A metaphor is an implied comparison (as in "a marble brow"), in contrast to the explicit comparison of the simile ("a brow white as marble"). Metaphor is common at all levels of language and is fundamental in poetry, in which its varied functions range from merely noting a likeness to serving as a central concept and controlling image
metaphor: / implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words; the word is used not in its literal sense, but in one analogous to it *Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage Shakespeare, Macbeth * while he learned the language (that meager and fragile thread by which the little surface corners and edges of men's secret and solitary lives may be joined for an instant now and then before sinking back into the darkness ) Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! *From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent W Churchill (A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, Ross Scaife)
metaphor: The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison
metaphor: the direct substitution of a word or phrase for an object or concept in order to suggest comparison with another object or concept Example: Jason is a tiger on the field
metaphor: Figure of speech in which one word or phrase substitutes for another in order to make an analogy between them; e g , "The Lord is my shepherd "
metaphor: in metaphorical usage, expressions are used in a way that appears literally false For example, using the word boiling to describe water which is simply too hot for comfort
metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
metaphor: 1 the application to a word or phrase to an object or concept it does not literally denote, in order to suggest a comparison with another object or concept (Webster Dictionary, 1983)
metaphor: (1) one thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them; (2) an implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another unlike itself without the use of a verbal signal Sometimes used as a general term for figure of speech
metaphor: The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isnt, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, and without the words "like" or "as"
metaphor: when a word or phrase is applied to something it does not literally resemble in order to emphasise particular qualities, for example 'She was a star'
metaphor: A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected Some examples of metaphors: the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt, and a sea of troubles
metaphor: implied comparison between two things by calling or implying that one is the other See also: catachresis, simile
metaphor: n 1 Abbr met metaph A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" -Shakespeare 2 One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol
metaphor: A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object Metaphors suggest the essence of the first object by identifying it with certain qualities of the second object An example is "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Here, Juliet, the first object, is identified with qualities of the second object, the sun (Compare with Simile )
metaphor: One thing conceived as representing a thing ordinarily designates one things is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison Close
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
metaphor: The comparison of two things which are quite different in order to express an emotion, an idea, or a concept that cannot be described, in all its subtlety, by literal language alone In this direct comparison (no like or as - see simile) the two 'things' compared exchange properties to create a whole new range of meanings For example, in: -
metaphor: If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart
metaphor: A relation between two symbols, which may be simple juxtaposition (literal metaphor), a rhetorical statement of likeness or similarity (descriptive metaphor), an analogy of proportion among four terms (formal metaphor), an identity of an individual with its class (concrete universal or archetypal metaphor), or statement of hypothetical identity (anagogic metaphor)
metaphor: a comparison that is made literally, either by a verb (for example, John Keats' "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" from his "Ode on a Grecian Urn") or, less obviously, by a combination of adjective and noun, noun and verb, etc (for example, Shakespeare's sonnet on the "the marriage of true minds"), but in any case without pointing out a similarity by using words such as "as," "like," or "than " Dead metaphor: an originally metaphoric expression in which the implied comparison has been forgotten and is taken literally, as, for example, "I have my hands full at this time " Mixed metaphor: two awkwardly-yoked metaphors, such as "kicking the spurs of zeal on the road to Abraham's bosom "
metaphor: a word or phrase that means one thing and is used for referring to another thing in order to emphasize their similar qualities
metaphor: language that stresses a relationship between two things, giving one thing the qualities of the other (basically - a 'stronger' similie, not using 'like' or 'as')
metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another
metaphor: application of a word or phrase to an object or concept in order to suggest a comparison
metaphor: A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse. the avoidance of `violent expressions and metaphors' like `kill two birds with one stone'. the writer's use of metaphor
metaphor: The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e
metaphor: 192 A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in head of household, or, a sea of troubles 193 One thing conceived as representing another, such as calling the Internet a global agora
metaphor: A description of a set of circumstances designed to replicate the patterns of a real set of circumstances, used to offer solutions and suggestions or learning Often used to allow learning to occur directly through the unconscious mind Includes allegory and simile
metaphor: An implied comparison between two things that are seemingly different
metaphor: a figure of speech that makes a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as (e g , All the world's a stage )

metaphors

التركية النطق

metıfôrz

النطق

/ˈmetəfôrz/ /ˈmɛtəfɔːrz/

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[ 'me-t&-"for also -f ] (noun.) 1533. Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear; more at BEAR.