07108282-n 'a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')';
 
Chinese (simplified) 直喻 , 比喻 , 明喻 , 譬喻
English simile 1
Indonesian perbandingan , ibarat , perumpamaan , simile , persamaan
Japanese 直喩 , 直喩法 , 比喩 , シミレ
Definitions
English
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Japanese
異なる種類のものの類似点を指摘する修辞法(通常、『like』または『as』などで形成される)
Relations
Hypernym: trope
Semantic Field: communicationn
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SUMO: ⊂ LinguisticExpression

TempoWN: (Past: 0.990; Present: 0.009; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: (+0.12 -0.12)


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