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LITERALISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they literalise ... he / she / it literalises
Past simple: literalised
Past participle: literalised
-ing form: literalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make literal
Example:
literalize metaphors
Synonyms:
literalise; literalize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "literalise" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
