"meaning" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The term acquired a number of metaphorical meanings.
- But that form then takes on metaphorical meanings for listeners.
- The b-sentences are possible only given an unusual context that establishes appropriate metaphorical meaning.
- However, not all inhabitants know its metaphorical meaning or even the word as such.
- It also has the metaphorical meaning of making something more resistant to some threat:
- The idea of heaviness as a function of time also turns the word "gravity" to its metaphorical meaning.
- But there is always a metaphorical meaning: to understand.
- The metaphorical meaning struck Jen even in her distracted state.
- The two were literal synonyms for "the sower", but their metaphorical meaning was more complex.
- The phrase is often used for its metaphorical meaning of dispelling ignorance.
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