Definitions for figurative
ˈfɪg yər ə tɪvfig·u·ra·tive

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. figurative, nonliteral(adj)

   (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

   "figurative language"

2. figural, figurative(adj)

   consisting of or forming human or animal figures

   "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. figurative(Adjective)

   Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".

2. figurative(Adjective)

   Metaphorically so called

3. figurative(Adjective)

   With many figures of speech

4. figurative(Adjective)

   Emblematic

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Figurative(adj)

   representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative

   Etymology: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]

2. Figurative(adj)

   used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions

   Etymology: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]

3. Figurative(adj)

   abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description

   Etymology: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]

4. Figurative(adj)

   relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2

   Etymology: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]

How to pronounce figurative?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of figurative in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of figurative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of figurative in a Sentence

1. President Trump:

   And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore, of the over 10,000 words spoken, President Trump used the word' fight' a little more than a handful of times and each time in the figurative sense that has long been accepted in public discourse when urging people to stand and use their voices to be heard on matters important to them ; it was not and could not be construed to encourage acts of violence.

2. Cometan:

   Five figurative children, I have, whom I have raised since I was the age of fifteen.

3. Salvador Dalí:

   We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

4. William Barr:

   One of the ironies, as some have observed, is that the secular project has itself become a religion, pursued with religious fervor. It is taking on all the trappings of a religion – including inquisitions and excommunication. Those who defy the creed risk a figurative burning at the stake – social, educational, and professional ostracism and exclusion waged through lawsuits and savage social media campaigns.

5. Maxime Aubert:

   To me, the most fascinating aspect of our research is that humanity's oldest cave art is at least 44,000 years old and it already has all the key components relating to modern cognition, [ like ] hand stencils, figurative art, storytelling, therianthropes and religious thinking, so it must have a much older origin, possibly in Africa or soon after we left Africa.

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