WORD: METAPHOR
MEANING:
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus
2. making an implicit comparison, as in ""a sea of troubles"" or ""All the world's a stage"" (Shakespeare).
3. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:
4. symbol, image
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Khooni Panja' remark used as colloquial metaphor, no personal attack: Modi
2. she expressed herself metaphorically
PRONOUNCE:
met·a·phor - मेटफॉर
LINK: METAPHOR
MEANING:
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus
2. making an implicit comparison, as in ""a sea of troubles"" or ""All the world's a stage"" (Shakespeare).
3. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:
4. symbol, image
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Khooni Panja' remark used as colloquial metaphor, no personal attack: Modi
2. she expressed herself metaphorically
PRONOUNCE:
met·a·phor - मेटफॉर
LINK: METAPHOR
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