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figurative:
- figürlich; bildlich; übertragen; uneigentlich; figurativ
Wiktionary:
- figuratively → bildlich, figürlich
- figuratively → im übertragenen Sinn
- figurative → im übertragenen Sinne, bilderreich, sinnbildlich, symbolisch, metaphorisch, übertragen, figürlich, bildlich, figurativ
- figurative → figurativ

English

Detailed Translations for figuratively from English to German

figuratively:

Antonyms for "figuratively":

literally

Related Definitions for "figuratively":

in a figurative sense¹
- figuratively speaking,...¹

Wiktionary Translations for figuratively:

figuratively

adverb

in a figurative manner
- figuratively → bildlich; figürlich

figuratively

in einer anderen – nicht wörtlichen – Bedeutung (in einem anderen Kontext oder auf einer anderen Ebene)
- im übertragenen Sinn → figuratively; in the figurative sense

figurative:

figurative adj

figurative (metaphorical)
figürlich; bildlich; übertragen
- figürlich adj
- bildlich adj
- übertragen adj
figurative
uneigentlich; übertragen
- uneigentlich adj
- übertragen adj
figurative
figurativ
- figurativ adj

Translation Matrix for figurative:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
übertragen		assign; beam; blab; broadcast; carry; erect; feed; move; pass on; port; put upright; raise; relocate; tell; transfer; transport
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
übertragen	figurative; metaphorical	broadcast
-	figural; nonliteral
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bildlich	figurative; metaphorical
figurativ	figurative
figürlich	figurative; metaphorical
uneigentlich	figurative

Related Words for "figurative":

figuratively

Synonyms for "figurative":

nonliteral; analogical; extended; metaphorical; metaphoric; metonymic; metonymical; poetic; synecdochic; synecdochical; tropical; rhetorical
figural; representational

Antonyms for "figurative":

literal

Related Definitions for "figurative":

(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech¹
- figurative language¹
consisting of or forming human or animal figures¹
- the figurative art of the humanistic tradition¹

Wiktionary Translations for figurative:

figurative

adjective

metaphorically so called
- figurative → im übertragenen Sinne
with many figures of speech
- figurative → bilderreich
emblematic
- figurative → sinnbildlich; symbolisch
metaphorical; not literal
- figurative → metaphorisch; übertragen; symbolisch; figürlich; bildlich

figurative

adjective

veraltend: in Bezug auf Wortbedeutungen: übertragen, figürlich, im übertragenen Sinn
- figurativ → figurative
durch ein Bild veranschaulicht
- bildlich → figurative

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• figurative	→ figurativ	↔ figuratief — kunst\|nld met beelden werkend of daaruit bestaand

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