metaphorical
pronunciation
How to pronounce metaphorical in British English:
UK [ˌmetəˈfɒrɪkl]
How to pronounce metaphorical in American English:
US [ˌmetəˈfɔːrɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
Word Origin
- metaphorical (adj.)
- 1550s, from metaphor + -ical. Related: metaphorically.
Example
- 1. Turner spoke of it in metaphorical terms .
- 2. Which implicates deep metaphorical meaning .
- 3. A serious review of this metaphorical evidence would count up the rainy days and the sunny ones .
- 4. It looks obviously metaphorical , but it doesn 't bear unravelling .
- 5. To create their artificial cephalopod they started with the animal 's literal and metaphorical killer app : its flexible , pliable arms .