Figurative - English meaning

adjective

Constituting or containing allegory.

Usage examples:

An allegorical painting

adjective

Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

Usage examples:

This case is emblematic of a larger problem

adjective

Representing a particular person, group, or idea

Usage examples:

Emblematic of a sword is emblematic of power gained by violence.

adjective

Over-imaginative and unrealistic.

Usage examples:

Ever more fanciful proposals were raised

adjective

Having a red or flushed complexion.

Usage examples:

A stout man with a florid face

adjective

Too red, esp. in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

A florid complexion, a florid architectural style, florid prose/speech

adjective

Covered with flowers or having a floral design.

Usage examples:

A flowery meadow

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Covered with pictures of flowers

Usage examples:

A flowery blouse

adjective

Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.

Usage examples:

Making imaginative use of computer software

adjective

New, original, and showing a quick intelligence

Usage examples:

An imaginative little girl

adjective

Concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form.

Usage examples:

The great literary works of the nineteenth century

adjective

Characteristic of or relating to metaphor; figurative.

Usage examples:

Many of our metaphorical expressions develop from our perceptions of the body

adjective

Metaphorical language contains metaphors

Usage examples:

Her second novel is written in a very metaphorical style., a metaphorical ocean (= extremely large …

adjective

Not understanding or intending a word or phrase in its original, basic meaning

Usage examples:

The imagery suggests narratives in an abstract, nonliteral way., he is a liberal christian who take…

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Elaborately or highly decorated.

Usage examples:

An ornate wrought-iron railing

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Having a lot of decoration

Usage examples:

Ornate jewelry/buildings

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Of or like a parabola or part of one.

Usage examples:

A parabolic mirror behind a spotlight projects a parallel beam

adjective

Having a type of curve like that made by an object that is thrown up in the air and falls to the ground in a different place

Usage examples:

A parabolic curve/trajectory, a parabolic dish mounted on the roof receives the internet signal fro…

adjective

Relating to or used in poetry.

Usage examples:

The muse is a poetic convention

adjective

Of or suggesting poets or poems

Usage examples:

Poetic language

adjective

Typical of a class, group, or body of opinion.

Usage examples:

Churchill was not properly representative of influential opinion in britain

noun

A person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.

Usage examples:

The duke of gloucester would attend the coronation as the representative of his father, king george v

noun

A member of the us house of representatives; a congressman or congresswoman

Usage examples:

The company has representatives in most european capitals., a good political poll is based on a rep…

adjective

Serving as a symbol.

Usage examples:

A repeating design symbolic of eternity

adjective

Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.

Usage examples:

Tropical countries

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Of or characteristic of the tropics (= the hottest area of the earth)

Usage examples:

A tropical climate, a tropical storm