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noun 
  1. (context, linguistics) a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, generally using like or as.
  • "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle" — w:Irina Dunn, Irina Dunn, w:1970, 1970
A is like a metaphor.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: vergelijking
  • French: comparaison
  • German: Vergleich
    (trans-mid)
  • Italian: similitudine
  • Spanish: sí­mil
Etymology: First attested w:1393, 1393, from Latin simile, neuter of similis "like, similar"


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