adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a figurative expression (= one in which words are not used with their literal meaning )
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Many figurative expressions equate anger with heat.
the figurative/metaphorical meaning (= different from its usual or basic meaning )
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The expression has a metaphorical meaning.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sense
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Miracle in the figurative sense , since although we do not know how cells evolved, quite plausible scenarios have been proposed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Certainly the titles encourage the spectator to identify some forms as almost figurative .
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Rolle can only talk about it in figurative terms.
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The essence of realism, it is not merely figurative but meticulously mimetic.
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What then did the figurative artists depict?
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Where he is abstract and geometric, she is figurative and expressionist.