přirovnání — meaning in English

English meaning

• conceit noun An excessively high opinion of oneself; vanity.
• simile noun A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using a linking word such as 'like' or 'as', in order to make a description more vivid.

Senses

přirovnání is used for these senses in English:

• conceit (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]
• simile A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.

conceit — full definition

1. noun An excessively high opinion of oneself; vanity.
2. noun A clever or fanciful idea, especially one used as a literary device.

simile — full definition

1. noun A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using a linking word such as 'like' or 'as', in order to make a description more vivid.
2. noun The use of such comparisons as a technique in writing or speech.

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