metaphor |ˈmɛtəfə, -fɔː|nouna figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable: when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor | [ mass noun ] : her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor.• a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else: the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering.DERIVATIVESmetaphoric |-ˈfɒrɪk|adjectiveORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greekmetaphora, from metapherein ‘to transfer’.
accident | ˈaksɪd(ə)nt | noun 1 an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury : he had an accident at the factory | [ mass noun ] : if you are unable to work owing to accident or sickness . • a crash involving road or other vehicles : four people were killed in a road accident . • euphemistic an incidence of incontinence by a child or animal . 2 an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause : the pregnancy was an accident | it is no accident that Manchester has produced more than its fair share of professional comics . • [ mass noun ] the working of fortune ; chance : members belong to the House of Lords through hereditary right or accident of birth . 3...
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