metaphor

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From Latin metaphora from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphora) from μεταφέρω (metapherō), I transfer, apply) from μετά (meta), with, across, after) + φέρω (pherō), I bear, carry)

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metaphor

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countable and uncountable; plural metaphors

metaphor (countable and uncountable; plural metaphors)

  1. (uncountable) (rhetoric) 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, and without the words "like" or "as".
  2. (countable) The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.

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