SIMILE

Meaning of SIMILE in English

n. instance in which two dissimilar items are compared using the words "like" or "as"

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SIMILE — adj like, resembling, similar n [Rhet.] simile
Interlingua English vocab
SIMILE — comparation
English interlingue dictionary
SIMILE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, comparison, from neuter of similis Date: 14th century a figure of speech comparing two …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIMILE — In a simile, unlike a {{link=metaphor">metaphor , the resemblance is indicated by the words "like" or "as." Similes in everyday …
Английский словарь Британика
SIMILE — I. sim·i·le ˈsimə(ˌ) lē, -_li noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin, from neuter of similis like, similar 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIMILE — (n.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; …
Английский словарь Webster
SIMILE — ( n. ) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SIMILE — /sim"euh lee/ , n. 1. a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIMILE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, comparison, from neuter of similis Date: 14th century : a figure of speech comparing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIMILE — noun a word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; …
Webster English vocab
SIMILE — [ 'sɪmɪli ] ■ noun a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SIMILE — [sim.i.le] n [ME, fr. L, comparison, fr. neut. of similis] (14c): a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIMILE — figure of speech involving a comparison between two unlike entities. In the simile, unlike the metaphor, the resemblance is explicitly …
Britannica English vocabulary
SIMILE — simile BrE AmE ˈsɪm ə l i -ɪl- ▷ simile|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIMILE — / ˈsɪməli; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( technical ) a word or phrase that compares sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIMILE — sim ‧ i ‧ le /ˈsɪməli, ˈsɪmɪli/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: similis ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIMILE — n. 1 a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, as an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIMILE — n. 1 a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, as an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIMILE — n.1 a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, as an illustration …
Oxford English vocab
SIMILE — ( similes) A simile is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIMILE — (~s) A ~ is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIMILE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A simile is introduced by a word such as like, as or such. ▪ Regardless …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIMILE — [noun] - (the use of) an expression comparing one thing with another; the use of 'as' or 'like'She described her …
Cambridge English vocab
SIMILE — n. Figure of speech involving a comparison between two unlike entities. In a simile, unlike a metaphor , the resemblance …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SIMILE — Synonyms and related words : accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, alliteration, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIMILE — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: ANALOGY 2, metaphor, similitude 2 Synonyms: LIKENESS , affinity, alikeness, analogy, comparison, resemblance, semblance, similarity, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SIMILE — сущ.; лит. сравнение (как стилистический прием) (стилистика) сравнение simile лит. сравнение similitude: similitude = simile
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIMILE — simile.ogg ʹsımılı n стил. сравнение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIMILE — simile сущ.; лит.сравнение (как стилистический прием)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SIMILE — сущ.; лит. сравнение (как стилистический прием) (стилистика) сравнение simile лит. сравнение similitude: similitude = simile
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIMILE — n. Pronunciation: ' si-m ə -( ˌ )l ē Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, comparison, from neuter of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SIMILE — n. Similitude, comparison, metaphor.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SIMILE — noun 1. Synonyms: analogy 2, metaphor, similitude 2. Synonyms: likeness , affinity, alikeness, analogy, comparison, resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIMILE — Сравнение
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SIMILE — (n) сравнение
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SIMILE — n стил. сравнение
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SIMILE — n стил. сравнение
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SIMILE — n. сравнение
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SIMILE — n. сравнение
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SIMILE — сущ. ; лит. сравнение ( как стилистический прием )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SIMILE — сущ.; лит. сравнение (как стилистический прием)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SIMILE — _n. _лит. сравнение
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SIMILE — n. лит. сравнение
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SIMILE — _n. _лит. сравнение
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SIMILE — [n.] сравнение (речевая фигура)
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
SIMILE — n сравнение (речевая фигура)
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
SIMILE — сравнение
English-Russian Online Dictionary
SIMILE — сравнение
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