Metaphor
21metaphor — noun Etymology: Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta + pherein to bear more at bear Date: 15th century 1. a figure of speech in… …
22metaphor — See simile. See simile, metaphor …
23metaphor — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trope, simile, implied comParison, figure of speech; see comParison 2 . • mix metaphors, Syn. be inconsistent, garble, talk illogically; see confuse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [MET uh for] a figure …
24metaphor — [ˈmetəfɔː] , [ˈmetəfə] noun [C/U] a way of describing something in which you refer to it as something else with similar qualities Writers often use war as a metaphor for business activity and competition.[/ex] metaphorical [ˌmetəˈfɒrɪk(ə)l] adj… …
25metaphor — met•a•phor [[t]ˈmɛt əˌfɔr, fər[/t]] n. 1) rht the application of a word or phrase to an object or concept it does not literally denote, suggesting comparison to that object or concept, as in A mighty fortress is our God 2) something used or… …
26metaphor — /ˈmɛtəfə / (say metuhfuh), / fɔ/ (say faw) noun 1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable, in order to suggest a resemblance, as A mighty fortress is our God. –phrase 2. mixed… …
27Metaphor in philosophy — Metaphor, the description of one thing as something else, has become of interest in recent decades to both analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, but for different reasons. Contents 1 Metaphor in analytic philosophy 2 Metaphor in… …
28Metaphor Computer Systems — (1982–1994) was a Xerox PARC spin off that created an advanced workstation, database gateway, a unique graphical office interface, and software applications that communicate[clarification needed].[citation needed] The Metaphor machine was one of… …
29Metaphor (designers) — Metaphor is a London based, global design firm that was founded in 2000 by Stephen Greenberg and Rachel Morris. Metaphor specialises in the re presentation of museums, palaces, forts, landscapes and country houses through masterplanning and… …
30Metaphor and metonymy — Metaphor (drawing a similarity between two things) and metonymy (drawing a contiguity between two things), are two fundamental opposite poles along which a discourse with human language is developed.[1] It has been argued that the two poles of… …
