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metaphorical

/ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkl/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkl/

ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkl

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 3rd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ˌmɛtə - ˈfɒrɪkl -> metaphorical

Myanmar meaning

(adj) (တစ်စုံတစ်ခုအကြောင်းကို အခြား အကြောင်းအရာ တစ်ခုဖြင့် နားလည်အောင်) တင်စားမှုသုံးထားသော။

Full entry

metaphor /'metǝfǝ(r) / n [U]

(က) ဥပစာ။ ‘She has a heart of stone. ’ “မိန်းကလေးရဲ့ အသည်းကတော့ ကျောက်တုံးပဲ။ ” ❍ striking originality in her use of metaphor.
(ခ) တင်စားမှု။ a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life, Compare SIMILE
❏ metaphorical /metǝ'fɒrÇkl; US -'fↄ:r- / adj ဥပစာ။ တင်စားသော။ a metaphorical expression/phrase ❍ use metaphorical language. Compare FIGURATIVE, LITERAL ၁ (ခ)
❏ metaphorically /-kli / adv စကားအဖြစ်။ I'll leave you in Robin's capable hands—metaphorically speaking, of course!

More examples

He uses the metaphor of the family to describe the role of the state.
[metaphor for] : It is easy to see the crumbling building as a metaphor for the society of the time.

Synonyms

symbol, figure of speech, simile, image, allegory, analogy, comparison, emblem, hope, implied comparison, metonymy, personification, representation, similitude, trope

Antonyms

Cross references

symbol figure of speech simile image allegory analogy comparison emblem hope implied comparison metonymy personification representation similitude trope plain speech capable compare competitive course expression football for game heart her i'll leave

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