allegory

«allegory» in Mova's school dictionary: a story in which people, animals or things stand for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (allegory, allegories)

meaning for a pupil

An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fables and moral tales, a story where a wolf or a tortoise stands for a lesson like greed or patience

examples

• The tale is an allegory about honesty. tree →
• In the allegory, the wolf stands for greed. tree →
• This fable is one of the earliest moral allegories. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «allegory» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.