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BNC: 21125 COCA: 19562

simile

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sim·i·le /ˈsɪməli/ ●○○ noun  
[countableC, uncountableU]AL an expression that describes something by comparing it with something else, using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’, for example ‘as white as snow’ 明喻，直喻 → metaphor► see thesaurus at language
Examples from the Corpus
simile• A simile is introduced by a word such as like, as or such.• Think of the torturous metaphors and similes that the readers would be spared.• Regardless of which you use, metaphors and similes create better documents.• They are expressed in similes, metaphors and stories.• This is the metaphor gone beyond hyperbole into simile.• The poetry of the first four volumes depends heavily on the simile to set the mood of the poem.
Origin simile
(1300-1400) Latin similis; → SIMILAR
sim·i·le noun
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BNC: 21125 COCA: 19562
BNC: 21125 COCA: 19562
simile noun
⇨ metaphor
BNC: 21125 COCA: 19562
simile
Types of word or phrase: acrostic, adjacency pair, Americanism...
Types of phrase or expression: adage, aphorism, axiom...

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