Associations to the word «Literal»
Noun
- Allegory
- Metaphor
- Negation
- Interpretation
- Scripture
- Translation
- Clause
- Meaning
- Syntax
- Predicate
- Integer
- Genesis
- Identifier
- Bible
- Byte
- Sense
- Spiritual
- String
- Prophecy
- Variable
- Semantics
- Utterance
- Quote
- Testament
- Comprehension
- Text
- Interpreter
- Truth
- Meta
- Char
- Myth
- Translator
- Context
- Expression
- Satan
- Christ
- Revelation
- Symbol
- Or
- Commentary
- Definition
- Creation
- Verse
- Representation
- Word
- Implication
- Similarity
- Sat
- Language
- Accuracy
- Jesus
- Understanding
- Theology
- Passage
- Idiom
- Christianity
- Sentence
- Rendering
- Statement
- Keyword
- Discourse
- Tableau
- Python
- Semantic
- Reader
- Moral
- Unicode
- Prefix
Adjective
Wiktionary
LITERAL, adjective. Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
LITERAL, adjective. Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
LITERAL, adjective. (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
LITERAL, adjective. (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
LITERAL, noun. (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
LITERAL, noun. (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.[1]
LITERAL BELIEF, noun. Believing in a statement literally, often referring to Christian belief that the Bible is true, in the literal sense.
LITERAL RULE, noun. (legal) The method of strictly interpreting a statute according unto the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.
Dictionary definition
LITERAL, noun. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
LITERAL, adjective. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma".
LITERAL, adjective. Without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him".
LITERAL, adjective. Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation".
LITERAL, adjective. Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.