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- Dictionaryhyperbole/hʌɪˈpəːbəli/
noun
- 1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally: "he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"
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Dec 6, 2020 · hy•per•bo•le (hī pûr ′ bə lē), n. [Rhet.] Rhetoric; obvious and intentional exaggeration. Rhetoric; an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait an eternity.''. Cf. litotes. There is obviously much overlap between the two - degree of "accuracy" will depend on the context.
Jan 13, 2015 · In fact, there's actually just one, but people sometimes make it much harder than it really is: Consonant sounds get a, vowel sounds get an. That's it - that's the entire rule. The only reason hyperbole is questionable at all is that "h" can be kind of tricky since in some words it's pronounced and in others it's silent.
Dec 16, 2010 · South of England, UK. British English. Dec 16, 2010. #5. catlady60 said: "I'm freezing" is hyperbole which means, "I'm very cold." Yes but she doesn't say "I'm freezing" she says "it" is freezing. I believe that without further context we cannot tell whether there is a metaphor. When she says "It is freezing."
Jan 9, 2012 · Just to complicate things further, in a mathematical context "define x" would probably mean "say what x represents", and "determine x" would mean "put a value to x". This might seem to contradict what I proposed above, but it doesn't really: "define x" still contains the idea of giving more detail to describe x; "determine x" means "discover a ...
Jun 9, 2024 · The guidance in English is "If a word of phrase is different the meaning, or at least the nuance, will be different." to stand as <noun phrase> - to exist in the manner of x. "The burnt down house stood as a monument to his negligence." to stand for <noun phrase> - to represent or symbolise x.
Nov 1, 2008 · Spain - Spanish. Nov 1, 2008. #1. I would like to know what does "pop-hole" exactly mean in this context (it is a farm): "He had locked the hen-houses for the night, but forgot to shut the pop-holes". Thanks a lot. Anjosil.
Aug 28, 2009 · When everything was ready, I "re-enabled" the file sharing so that users could access it again. As "Enable" is the baked-in word for the feature, no replacement word will suffice, and so "re-enabled" is the most efficient way to say, "this formerly enabled feature was enabled once again." (All that said, I'd still like an official decision by ...
May 30, 2008 · Canadian English. May 30, 2008. #1. << I am sufficiently sophonsified / suffonsified >>. This is a colloquialism meaning "I've had enough to eat, thank you". The word "sophonsified" cannot be found in any dictionary, yet it has been around Canada for a very long time.
Aug 24, 2016 · Aug 24, 2016. #2. This is indeed Old English. Specifically, it's from the old (written sometime from the 8th to the 10th century) poem Beowulf. It means "Fate (wyrd) goes (gæð) as (swa) it (hio) will (scel)," more or less. The last time I studied Old English seriously was over 50 years ago, and there are few Old English native speakers these ...
May 21, 2008 · English - UK. May 21, 2008. #6. I guess "speech-impaired" is more modern, more politically correct but in British English "dumb" and (if the person also cannot hear) "deaf mute" are still used (as, of course, is blind, although again it is quite common now to see reference to the visually impaired). Actually, thinking about it as I type, "dumb ...
