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How to pronounce “metaphor”
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Pronunciation guide for metaphor
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of metaphor with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Two Women
There's a metaphor of a flower associated
- Definition summary
- (uncountable, rhetoric) 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.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce metaphor
Two Women
There's a metaphor of a flower associated
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “metaphor”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (uncountable, rhetoric) 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.
- (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To use a metaphor.
- (transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.
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