- 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.
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SIMILE — is a research project focused on developing tools to increase the interoperability of disparate digital collections. As digital library collections proliferate and their contents expand, they come under increasing pressure to provide for… … Wikipedia
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
