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- [sim-uh-lee]
- /ˈsɪm ə li/
- /ˈsɪm.ɪ.li/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sim-uh-lee]
- /ˈsɪm ə li/
Definitions of simile word
- noun simile a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”. Compare metaphor. 1
- noun simile an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it. 1
- noun simile literature: comparison 1
- countable noun simile A simile is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. For example, the sentences 'She runs like a deer' and 'He's as white as a sheet' contain similes. 0
- noun simile a figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like 0
- noun simile a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale, her tears flowed like wine) 0
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Origin of simile
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin: image, likeness, comparison, noun use of neuter of similis similar
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Parts of speech for Simile
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
simile 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".
simile usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for simile
noun simile
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
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