Meaning Of The Word Figurative

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Figurative Meaning

Figurative Definition
Figurative Definition

What's The Definition Of Figurative?

figurative
If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.

figurative in American English
representing by means of a figure, symbol, or likeness
adjective: of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor; metaphorical; not literal

figurative in British English
adjective: of the nature of, resembling, or involving a figure of speech; not literal; metaphorical

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