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noun a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
originFrom Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.
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