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figurative sense

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meanings of figurativeand sense


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figurative
adjective
uk /ˈfɪɡ.ər.ə.tɪv/ us /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ə.tɪv/
(of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a ...
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sense
noun
uk /sens/ us /sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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Examples of figurative sense


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Cumulatively, internal security institutions reveal a geography of state power-in concrete terms of empowerment, capacity, and penetration, and in a figurativesense as well.
That has a certain figurativesense too because often one cannot see the facts because of the metaphorical dust raised by controversy.
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No one will deny that the community health services will be toothless wonders in the figurativesense.
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I do not know whether, in a figurativesense, the lion.
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That is true in its figurativesense.
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In a transferred or figurativesense, it could mean a cloak or a disguise.
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This means in a figurativesense that a company should be made up to a place, where one would like to work!
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The figurativesense of the word has ground in mechanics comparable to figurative uses of steamroller or battering ram to mean something overwhelming.
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The compound adjective high-octane is recorded in a figurativesense from 1944.
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Sometimes the word "leak" is used in a figurativesense.
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A new church in a figurativesense came along in 1846, when the congregation was unable to find a pastor.
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Until very recently, the figurativesense of red herring was thought to originate from a supposed technique of training young scent hounds.
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The narrator is invisible in a figurativesense, in that people refuse to see him, and also experiences a kind of dissociation.
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There is much evidence that the word was constantly used in a figurativesense to signify a distinguished residence or palace.
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Fellini's dreams are always surprising and, in a figurativesense, original, but his memories are pervaded by a deeper, more delicate sentiment.
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Various figurative senses of the word have been extended from its original sense.
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In modern term, "fructus" more or less corresponds to profit one may make, as when selling the fruits (in both literal and figurative senses) of ground or renting a house.
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