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    PROVERB

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many peopleplay

    Synonyms:

    adage; byword; proverb; saw

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("proverb" is a kind of...):

    expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

    Derivation:

    proverbial (of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb)

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