A word that can be interpreted in a non literal meaning is said to have a figurative meaning.
The term you are looking for is "idiom". It refers to a phrase where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning, often with a cultural or historical significance.
The term you're looking for is "connotation." Connotation refers to the emotional or cultural associations that a word may carry beyond its literal definition.
A medical term with two or more root words is called a compound word. These words are created by combining two or more roots to convey a specific meaning in medicine.
The term you are looking for is "connotation." Connotation is the emotional or cultural association that a word carries beyond its literal meaning.
A term literal definition of a word is the direct, precise explanation or meaning of that word without any embellishment or interpretation. It provides a clear and objective understanding of what the word refers to, often found in dictionaries or glossaries.
A word that can be interpreted in a non literal meaning is said to have a figurative meaning.
A word that can be interpreted in a non literal meaning is said to have a figurative meaning.
Verbal irony
Verbal irony
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The term 'like' have the same meaning with its literal meaning.
The literal term "staking out" an animal or "staking out" (marking) a claim are just separate words. The police term meaning surveillance is a "stakeout."
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Utopia is the term meaning no place, in the literal translation, or ideal place, in the commonly used meaning.
The term you are looking for is "idiom". It refers to a phrase where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning, often with a cultural or historical significance.
The term is "connotation" (as compared to the literal meaning or denotation).
The literal meaning of the term "Lord of the Flies" refers to a pig's head on a stick that is worshipped by a group of boys stranded on an island in the novel of the same name by William Golding.