HyperDic: analogical

English > 1 sense of the word analogical:
ADJECTIVEallanalogicalexpressing, composed of, or based on an analogy / analogy
English > analogical: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningExpressing, composed of, or based on an analogy / analogy.
Example"the analogical use of a metaphor"
Broaderfigurative, nonliteral(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal
Spanishanalógico
Nounsanalogydrawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
analogyan inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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