EPIC SIMILE

Meaning of EPIC SIMILE in English

noun Date: 1931 an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

EPIC SIMILE — noun : an extended simile often running to several lines used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPIC SIMILE — a simile developed over several lines of verse, esp. one used in an epic poem. Also called Homeric simile . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EPIC SIMILE — Date: 1931 : an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EPIC SIMILE — Function: noun Date: 1931 : an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EPIC SIMILE — [epic simile] n (1931): an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EPIC SIMILE — also called Homeric simile an extended simile often running to several lines, used typically in epic poetry to intensify the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SIMILE — adj like, resembling, similar n [Rhet.] simile
Interlingua English vocab
EPIC — adj epic, epical; (un) poema epic (an) epic
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
EPIC — I Long, narrative poem in an elevated style that celebrates heroic achievement and treats themes of historical, national, religious, or …
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
EPIC
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
EPIC — (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
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
EPIC — ( n. ) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
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
EPIC — — epically , adv. — epiclike , adj. /ep"ik/ , adj. Also, epical . 1. noting or pertaining to a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIMILE — n. instance in which two dissimilar items are compared using the words "like" or "as"
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EPIC — n. long narrative poem; composition which resembles an epic; epic poetry
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EPIC — I. ˈe-pik adjective Etymology: Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos word, speech, poem — more at voice Date: 1589 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
EPIC — noun an epic or heroic poem. ·see epic, ·adj. 2. epic ·adj narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or …
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
EPIC — [ep.ic] adj [L epicus, fr. Gk epikos, fr. epos word, speech, poem--more at voice] (1589) 1: of, relating to, or …
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
EPIC — long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy's …
Britannica English vocabulary
SIMILE — simile BrE AmE ˈsɪm ə l i -ɪl- ▷ simile|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EPIC — epic BrE AmE ˈep ɪk ▷ epic|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIMILE — / ˈsɪməli; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( technical ) a word or phrase that compares sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EPIC — / ˈepɪk; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a long poem about the …
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
EPIC — I. ep ‧ ic 1 /ˈepɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a book, poem, or film that tells a long story …
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
EPIC — n. & adj. --n. 1 a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary …
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
EPIC — n. & adj. n. 1 a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary …
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
EPIC — n. & adj. --n. 1. a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary …
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
EPIC — ( epics) 1. An epic is a long book, poem, or film, whose story extends over a long period of …
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
EPIC — (~s) 1. An ~ is a long book, poem, or film, whose story extends over a long period of time …
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
EPIC — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lyric/narrative/epic etc poem (= a poem in a particular style ) ▪ the …
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
EPIC — [noun] [C] - a film, poem or book which is long and contains a lot of action, usually dealing with …
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
EPIC — n. Aqhat Epic epic theatre Etana Epic
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EPIC — n. Long, narrative poem in an elevated style that celebrates heroic achievement and treats themes of historical, national, religious, or …
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
EPIC — adj. Epic is used with these nouns: ↑ adventure , ↑ battle , ↑ drama , ↑ film , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EPIC — n. 25B6; noun the epics of Homer : HEROIC POEM; story, saga, legend, romance, chronicle, myth, fable, tale. a big …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIMILE — сущ.; лит. сравнение (как стилистический прием) (стилистика) сравнение simile лит. сравнение similitude: similitude = simile
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EPIC — 1. сущ. 1) а) эпическая поэма The Iliad and the Odyssey are epics. ≈ Илиада и Одиссея - эпические поэмы. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIMILE — simile.ogg ʹsımılı n стил. сравнение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EPIC — epic.ogg 1. ʹepık n 1. 1> эпическая поэма; эпопея national epic - национальный эпос 2> героические, легендарные события; эпопея the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIMILE — simile сущ.; лит.сравнение (как стилистический прием)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EPIC — 1. ʹepık n 1. 1> эпическая поэма; эпопея national epic - национальный эпос 2> героические, легендарные события; эпопея the defence …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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