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[sim-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key
[sim-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key –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. |
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| sim·i·le
(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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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simile
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].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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') |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
simile [(sim-uh-lee)]
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.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Simile
Simi"*le\, n.; pl. Similes. [L., from similis. See Similar.] (Rhet.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile, but something currish. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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