Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - figurative
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Figurative
figurative
~ adj 1 if a word or phrase is used in a figurative way, it is used about something different from what it normally refers to, to give you a picture in your mind (I was using the word `battle' in its figurative sense.) (- compare literal1 (1)) 2 technical figurative art shows objects, people, or the countryside in the way they really look (- compare abstract1 (3)) - figuratively adv (He's up to his eyes in paperwork - figuratively speaking, of course)
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1. If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one. ...an event that will change your route–in both the literal and figurative sense. ? literal ADJ: usu ADJ n • figuratively Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation. ADV: ADV with cl/group, ADV with v 2. Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way. His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting. ? abstract ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. representing by a figure or resemblance ; emblematic b. of or relating to representation of form or figure in art ~ sculpture 2. a. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another with which it may be regarded as analogous ; metaphorical ~ language b. characterized by figures of speech a ~ description • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 a metaphorical, not literal. b metaphorically so called. 2 characterized by or addicted to figures of speech. 3 of pictorial or sculptural representation. 4 emblematic, serving as a type. Derivatives figuratively adv. figurativeness n. Etymology: ME f. LL figurativus (as FIGURE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. фигуральный in a figurative sense —- в переносном смысле 2. метафорический, образный figurative style —- образный стиль 3. изобразительный; пластический the figurative arts —- изобразительные искусства ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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style образный стиль FIGURATIVE writer писатель, (часто) пользующийся метафорами и т.п. FIGURATIVE adj. 1) фигуральный, переносный; метафорический - in a figurative sense - figurative style - figurative writer 2) изобразительный, пластический, живописный ...Англо-русский словарь
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