simile
pronunciation
How to pronounce simile in British English:
UK [ˈsɪməli]
How to pronounce simile in American English:
US [ˈsɪməli]
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- Noun:
- a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Word Origin
- simile (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin simile "a like thing; a comparison, likeness, parallel," neuter of similis "like" (see similar). Both things must be mentioned and the comparison directly stated. To Johnson, "A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject."
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Example
- 1. What does this simile mean ?
- 2. He had never before seen a woman 's lips and teeth which forced upon his mind with such persistent iteration the old elizabethan simile of roses filled with snow .
- 3. There 's often something of simile in tasting ; the cultivated appreciation of fermented products depends on it and even takes the literary elements of taste to the next level .
- 4. She had intended to say " like a pig , " then on second thought decided to say " like a corpse . " Finally , feeling a corpse wasn 't much better than a pig , she borrowed the simile from english .
- 5. In sum , three connotations of my chinese medication simile are : first to avoid radical shock therapy by applying gradual step by step treatment ; second not to rely on the miracle effect made by one approach ; third to conduct dynamic adjustment and try in trials on the basis of feedback .