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literalise

/ˈlɪt.ər.ə.laɪz/

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verb

/ˈlɪt.ər.ə.laɪz/formalbritishobsolete
  • ruУстаревший глагол, означающий интерпретировать или представлять что-либо буквально; делать буквальным.

An obsolete verb meaning to interpret or represent something in a literal manner; to make literal.

  1. Make literalC1formalbritish

    To express or interpret something in a literal manner, avoiding figurative or metaphorical meaning.

    ruБуквализировать

    • The translator chose to literalise the poet's metaphors, which lost some of their beauty.
    • In legal contexts, one must often literalise complex clauses to avoid ambiguity.
    • His attempt to literalise the joke made it unfunny.

    Synonymsconcretizeliteralizereify

    Antonymsembellishimplypersonifysuggest

Forms
  • literalised past participle
  • literalised past simple
  • literalising present participle
  • literalises third person singular