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metaphorical

[ met-uh-fawr-i-kuhl, -for- ]

adjective

  1. involving, invoking, or intended to be taken as a metaphor, something used symbolically to represent something else, suggesting a comparison or resemblance:

    Our foreign policy blunder has given the insurgents a metaphorical green light to engage in violent tactics in pursuit of their imperial ambitions.



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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of metaphorical1

First recorded in 1560–70; metaphor ( def ) + -ical ( def )
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It’s only in the final few minutes of the course, once the room comfortably twirls to embrace metaphorical sunshine and assertively sashays to leave the negativity behind, that the song is triumphantly revealed.

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In all, Americans are becoming less and less happy and that is being driven by young people falling off of the proverbial and metaphorical cliff in terms of satisfaction and happiness with their lives.

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That gap has grown to 16 since then and there remains the metaphorical length of the River Clyde between the two teams right now.

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The comedy scenes have an energy that’s missing in the more serious sequences, say the clumsily metaphorical shots of George fishing.

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They skillfully navigate between their relationship and their jobs — if there’s anything the other can’t know, it goes in a metaphorical “black bag.”

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