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metaphrased

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Definition of metaphrased word

  • noun metaphrased Translated literally. 1

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Parts of speech for Metaphrased

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

metaphrased popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

metaphrased usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for metaphrased

noun metaphrased

  • cribbed — Of or pertaining to a crib, or things in a crib.
  • glossed — Having a gloss.
  • keyed — chief; major; important; essential; fundamental; pivotal: a key person in the company; key industries.

verb metaphrased

  • explained — Simple past tense and past participle of explain.
  • interpreted — interpreter
  • converted — (of a building) having been changed from a different use
  • deciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.

Antonyms for metaphrased

verb metaphrased

  • removed — remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
  • took — simple past tense of take.
  • complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
  • confused — If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do.
  • mystified — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.

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