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Definition metaphor

Etymology

From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek ???????? (metaphorá), from ???????? (metaphér?, “I transfer, apply”), from ???? (metá, “with, across, after”) + ???? (phér?, “I bear, carry”)

Noun

metaphor (countable and uncountable, plural metaphors)

1. (uncountable and countable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, since use of those words would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.
2. (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

metaphor (third-person singular simple present metaphors, present participle metaphoring, simple past and past participle metaphored)

1. (intransitive) To use a metaphor.
2. (transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.

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