figurative

Berbat safra kesesi ameliyatından sonra, hasta hem mecazi olarak hem de kelimenin tam anlamıyla, safra ile doluydu. - After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally.

Bu abartmasız ve mecazi olarak harikulade. - This is literally and figuratively out of this world.

incentive (figurative)

incentive (mecazi)

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Definition von figurative im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs"; With many figures of speech; Metaphorically so called; Emblematic; {a} typical, metaphorical, allusive; Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative; usually applied to language that uses figures of speech Figurative language heightens meaning by implicitly or explicitly representing something in terms of some other thing, the assumption being that the "other thing" will be more familiar to the reader; (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language; (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"; Not literal; Pertaining to representation of form or figure in art; Figurative language tries to explain the unfamiliar using the familiar For example, saying there is a hole in the ozone layer is figurative since a good percent of original ozone still remains The speaker or writer assumes that the audience is less likely to understand the significance or magnitude of a decrease in parts per million ozone and so uses hole as a figure of speech Metaphors and similes (the evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table) are figurative Allegories are elaborately figurative; Metaphorical, as opposed to literal, a form of speech in which figures of speech are applied and there is an intention for the reader to understand a deeper meaning than the face-value of the words. Also known as "reading between the lines; consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read; art that represents a human, animal or object's form by means of a symbol or figure; Word images that cannot be interpreted literally; types of figurative language include similes ("cute as a button"), metaphors (he was a lion in battle"), idioms ("start from scratch"), personification ("the puppy was indignant"), and hyperbole ("I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"); If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one. an event that will change your route -- in both the literal and figurative sense. literal + figuratively fig·ura·tive·ly Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation; {s} metaphorical; allegorical; illustrative; richly imaginative; symbolic; emblematic; Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description; See Figure, n; In artwork, representing forms such as humans or animals rather than ideas or patterns; Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc; Describes artwork representing the form of a human, an animal or a thing; also called representational art, portrays things as perceived in the real world; Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; applied to words and expressions; Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way. His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting. abstract
figurative speech: Figurative speech refers to the use of non-literal wording or verbiage to communicate a point
figuratively: Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally
figuratively: {a} of, by or in, a figure, by allusion
figuratively: in a figurative sense; "figuratively speaking, "
figuratively: in a figurative sense; "figuratively speaking
figuratively: in a figurative manner; metaphorically, symbolically
figuratively: In a figurative manner
in a figurative sense: metaphorically; in a metaphorical sense; descriptively

figurative

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fig·ur·a·tive

Türkische aussprache

fîgyırıtîv

Synonyme

allegorical, denotative, descriptive, emblematic, emblematical, fanciful, florid, flowery, illustrative, metaphoric, metaphorical, ornate, pictorial, poetical, representative

Antonyme

literal, real, straightforward

Aussprache

/ˈfəgyərətəv/ /ˈfɪɡjɜrətɪv/

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