EPIC SIMILE

Meaning of EPIC SIMILE in English

a simile developed over several lines of verse, esp. one used in an epic poem. Also called Homeric simile .

[ 1940-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

EPIC SIMILE — noun Date: 1931 an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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 — 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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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