simile

simile
noun /ˈsɪməli/
A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.

A simile is like a metaphor.

See Also: dissimile, similar, similarity, simulate

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  • simile — adv. (muz.; indică modul de execuţie) Cu aceeaşi intensitate, cu aceeaşi nuanţă ca mai înainte. [pr.: sí ] – cuv. it. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 24.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  simile (muz.) adv. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • simile — late 14c., from L. simile a like thing, neuter of similis like (see SIMILAR (Cf. similar)). A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject. [Johnson] …   Etymology dictionary

  • Simile — Sim i*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. [1913 Webster] A good… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • simile — / simile/ [dal lat. simĭlis, der. della radice sem uno ]. ■ agg. 1. [dello stesso tipo: due persone s. tra loro ] ▶◀ affine, analogo, conforme, similare, somigliante. ◀▶ differente, difforme, dissimile, diverso. 2. [di tale specie, in senso… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • simile — is a figure of speech consisting of a direct comparison using a construction with as…as…, or with the first as omitted: • Soft as rain slipping through rushes, the cattle came Edmund Blunden. Some similes belong to a stock type, e.g. (as) drunk… …   Modern English usage

  • Simĭle — (lat.), etwas Ähnliches; Gleichnis …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • simile — index example Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • simile —    sìmile    (s.m.) È il locus a simili, che costituisce ad esempio il modello di paragone per la metafora (mentre quello per l ironia è il locus a contrario). adiunctum, locus a simili …   Dizionario di retorica par stefano arduini & matteo damiani

  • símile — s. m. 1. Comparação que se faz entre duas coisas que se assemelham. 2. Semelhança, analogia. 3. Exemplo que se propõe. 4. Parábola. • adj. 2 g. 5. Semelhante …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • simile — sìmile pril. DEFINICIJA glazb. oznaka da se određeni odlomak kompozicije izvodi na isti način kao i prethodni ETIMOLOGIJA lat.: usporedba, slika, sličnost, poredba ← similis: sličan …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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