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"text": "Coordinate term: (when the comparison is implicit) metaphor"
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"ref": "1826, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours, volume 33",
"text": "He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1925, Countee Cullen, Fruit of the Flower",
"text": "My father is a quiet man / With sober, steady ways; / For simile, a folded fan; / His nights are like his days.",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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{
"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "vertaus"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šedareba",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "შედარება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "Vergleich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gleichnis"
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gajukō",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paromoíosi",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παρομοίωση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dimmúy",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דִּמּוּי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "hasonlat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "líking"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
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"word": "viðlíking"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "similitudine"
},
{
"alt": "ちょくゆ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chokuyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "直喩"
},
{
"alt": "ひゆ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "比喩"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "shimire",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "シミレ"
},
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"alt": "直喻",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jigyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "직유"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "simille",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "시밀레"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sporedba",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "споредба"
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{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "upama",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "ഉപമ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "kupu whakarite"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tašbih",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "تشبیه"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
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"word": "porównanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "comparație"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sravnénije",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "сравне́ние"
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "upamā",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "उपमा"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "поређење"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "успоредба"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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"word": "poređenje"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"word": "prirovnanie"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primera"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
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"word": "tashbihi"
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"code": "ta",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "உவமை"
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"word": "อุปมา"
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"code": "tr",
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"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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"text": "Coordinate term: (when the comparison is implicit) metaphor"
},
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"ref": "1826, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours, volume 33",
"text": "He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1925, Countee Cullen, Fruit of the Flower",
"text": "My father is a quiet man / With sober, steady ways; / For simile, a folded fan; / His nights are like his days.",
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}
],
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "təşbeh"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paraŭnánnje",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "параўна́нне"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sravnénie",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сравне́ние"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "símil"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíyù",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "直喻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngyù",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "明喻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pìyù",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "譬喻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐyù",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "比喻"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "přirovnání"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sammenligning"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vergelijking"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "vertaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comparaison"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šedareba",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "შედარება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vergleich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gleichnis"
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gajukō",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paromoíosi",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παρομοίωση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dimmúy",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דִּמּוּי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "hasonlat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "líking"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viðlíking"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "similitudine"
},
{
"alt": "ちょくゆ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chokuyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "直喩"
},
{
"alt": "ひゆ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "比喩"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimire",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "シミレ"
},
{
"alt": "直喻",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jigyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "직유"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "simille",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "시밀레"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sporedba",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "споредба"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "upama",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "ഉപമ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "kupu whakarite"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tašbih",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "تشبیه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "porównanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "símile"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comparație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sravnénije",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сравне́ние"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "upamā",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "उपमा"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "поређење"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
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},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"Roman",
"feminine"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "prirovnanie"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "primera"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "tashbihi"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
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"common-gender"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "uvamai",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "உவமை"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ùp-bpà-maa",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "อุปมา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "teşbih"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "porívnjannja",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "порі́вняння"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "tashbih"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "cymhariaeth"
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