metaphor

metaphor
metaphor (n.) late 15c., from M.Fr. metaphore (O.Fr. metafore, 13c.), and directly from L. metaphora, from Gk. metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word, lit. "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta- "over, across" (see META- (Cf. meta-)) + pherein "to carry, bear" (see INFER (Cf. infer)).

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Synonyms:
(without the signs of comparison), (expressed in a word)


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