metaphorical Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌmet.əˈfɒr.ɪ.kəl]
  • Us [ ˌmet̬.əˈfɔːr.ɪ.kəl]

Meaning of metaphorical In English

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Examples of metaphorical

  • Some students might benefit from explicit attention to the analogical relationships of the literal to the metaphorical elements.

  • In the first place, it is unlikely that sensory information can be moved to a focus of attention except in a metaphorical sense.

  • Specifially, those beliefs or assertions which are purely expressive, metaphorical, or whose truth value cannot be determined.

  • It has been suggested to me that one important aspect of subjective progressives is that they tend to involve metaphorical uses of verbs.

  • Once again, a great deal is made to hang on a rather slender metaphorical reed.

  • Often it is precisely the metaphorical 'seeds' produced during the maturity of the preceding period that are thought to generate the new period's growth.

  • Not merely meant for looking through, then, this metaphorical window is the matrix through which space is projected and/or imagined.

  • The three metaphorical transformations are audible through the layers of observable musical elements to which they give rise: materials, expression, form and value.

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