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metaphor

გამოთქმა: /ˈmɛtəfə, -fɔː/

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Universal
  • a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable:when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor [mass noun]:her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor
  • a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else:the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering

metaphoric

Pronunciation: /-ˈfɒrɪk/

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