Meanings (ES + gloss)
literal
Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
The literal translation of Spanish irse al otro barrio is "to go to the other neighbourhood" but it means "to die".
Phrases
antiliteralbiliteralduoliteralhexaliteralhyperliteralismilliteralliteral equationliteral ruleliteral theonymyliteral-mindedliteraliseliteralismliteralistliteralisticliteralityliteralizationliteralizeliterallyliteralnessmonoliteralmultiliteralpluriliteralquadriliteralquinqueliteraltransliteraltriliteraluniliteralunliteral
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
literatura
The body of all written works.
literatura
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
He’s studying English literature at university.
There’s a vast body of scientific literature on the subject.
literatura
All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
In fact, information on when each of the terms first appeared in English, and if obsolete, how long they persisted, is entirely absent from the literature.
The obvious question to ask at this point is: ‘Why posit the existence of a set of Thematic Relations (THEME, AGENT, INSTRUMENT, etc.) distinct from constituent structure relations…
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Clementine literatureDDLCSpeculum literatureTwitteratureantiliteraturecomparative literaturecyberliteraturee-literatureescape literaturefound literatureglobal literaturegray literaturegrey literaturehyperliteratureilliteratureliteratizeliterature reviewliterature searchliteraturedliteraturologyliteroticaloiteraturemedieval literaturemetaliteraturemicroliteraturenonliteratureobliteratureoratureparaliteraturepolite literaturepreliteraturesecondary literaturespeculum literaturespeculum-literaturesubliteratureworld literature
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