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–noun

1.	a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor.

2.	an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L: image, likeness, comparison, n. use of neut. of similis similar

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sim·i·le Audio Help (sĭm'ə-lē) Pronunciation Key
n. A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).

[Middle English, from Latin, likeness, comparison, from neuter of similis, like; see similar.]

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simile

1393, from L. simile "a like thing," neuter of similis "like" (see similar). "A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject." [Johnson].

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simile
noun
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')

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simile [ˈsiməli] noun

a form of expression using `like' or `as', in which one thing is compared to another which it only resembles in one or a small number of ways
Example: `Her hair was like silk' is a simile.

Arabic:	تَشْبيه
Chinese (Simplified):	明喻
Chinese (Traditional):	明喻
Czech:	přirovnání
Danish:	lignelse
Dutch:	vergelijking
Estonian:	võrdlus
Finnish:	vertaus
French:	comparaison
German:	der Vergleich
Greek:	παρομοίωση (γραμμ.)
Hungarian:	hasonlat
Icelandic:	(sam)líking
Indonesian:	kiasan
Italian:	similitudine

Japanese:	直喩
Korean:	직유(直喩)
Latvian:	salīdzinājums
Lithuanian:	palyginimas
Norwegian:	sammenlikning
Polish:	porównanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	símile
Portuguese (Portugal):	símile
Romanian:	comparaţie
Russian:	сравнение
Slovak:	prirovnanie
Slovenian:	prispodoba
Spanish:	símil
Swedish:	liknelse
Turkish:	benzetme, teşbih

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
simile [(sim-uh-lee)]

A common figure of speech that explicitly compares two things usually considered different. Most similes are introduced by like or as: “The realization hit me like a bucket of cold water.” (Compare metaphor.)

Note: Some similes, such as “sleeping like a log,” have become clichés.

[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English

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Simile

Fac*sim"i*le\, n.; pl. Facsimiles (-l?z). [L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.

Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.

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