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literal
literaltaking words in their primary sense without metaphor or allegory: the literal meaning of a word; expressed by letters; actual, factual, truthful, exact, reliable
Not to be confused with:littoral – pertaining to the shore of a lake, the sea, etc.; a region lying along a shorelit·er·al L0198800 (lĭt′ər-əl)adj.1. Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.2. Word for word; verbatim: a literal translation.3. Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic: a literal description; a literal mind.4. Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters: literal notation.n. Computers A letter or symbol that stands for itself as opposed to a feature, function, or entity associated with it in a programming language: $ can be a symbol that refers to the end of a line, but as a literal, it is a dollar sign.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin litterālis, of letters, from Latin littera, lītera, letter; see letter.]
lit′er·al·ness n.literal (ˈlɪtərəl) adj1. in exact accordance with or limited to the primary or explicit meaning of a word or text2. word for word3. dull, factual, or prosaic4. consisting of, concerning, or indicated by letters5. true; actual6. (Mathematics) maths containing or using coefficients and constants represented by letters: ax2 + b is a literal expression. Compare numerical3an (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Also called: literal error a misprint or misspelling in a text[C14: from Late Latin litterālis concerning letters, from Latin littera letter] ˈliteralness, literality nlit•er•al (ˈlɪt ər əl)
adj. 1. in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. 2. following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation. 3. true to fact; unembellished; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions. 4. being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city. 5. tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way. 6. of, pertaining to, or expressed by the letters of the alphabet. 7. affecting a letter or letters: a literal error. n. 8. a typographical error, esp. involving a single letter. [1350–1400; < Late Latin litterālis of letters. See letter, -al1] lit′er•al•ness, n. literal literary">literary literate">literate1. 'literal'The literal meaning of a word is its most basic meaning. She was older than I was, and not only in the literal sense.The literal meaning of the Greek word hamartia, translated as sin, is 'missing the mark'.2. 'literary'Literary words and expressions are used to create a special effect in poems or novels, and are not usually used in ordinary speech or writing. 'Awaken' and 'waken' are old-fashioned or literary words.Literary also means 'connected with literature'. ...literary critics....literary magazines.3. 'literate'A literate person is able to read and write. Only half the children are literate.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  literal - a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kinderratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical errormistake, error - part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" | | Adj. | 1. |  literal - 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"actual, genuine, realtrue - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" | | 2. | literal - without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"exact - marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" | | 3. | literal - limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"exact - marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"unrhetorical - not rhetoricalfigurative, nonliteral - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language" | | 4. | literal - avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
literaladjective1. exact, close, strict, accurate, faithful, verbatim, word for word a literal translation2. unimaginative, boring, dull, down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, factual, prosaic, colourless, uninspired, prosy He is a very literal person.3. actual, real, true, simple, plain, genuine, gospel, bona fide, unvarnished, unexaggerated He was saying no more than the literal truth.literaladjectiveEmploying the very same words as another:verbal, verbatim, word-for-word.Translationsliteral (ˈlitərəl) adjective1. following the exact meaning with no exaggeration. the literal truth. 確實的﹐不誇張的 确确实实的，无夸张的 2. understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time. a literal translation. 逐字的 逐字的ˈliteralness noun 忠於原意 照字义ˈliterally adverbWe had literally a minute to catch the train. 的確 确实地literal
literal1. Maths containing or using coefficients and constants represented by letters: ax2 + b is a literal expression 2. Publishing a misprint or misspelling in a text literal (programming)A constant made available to a process, byinclusion in the executable text. Most modern systems do notallow texts to modify themselves during execution, so literalsare indeed constant; their value is written at compile-timeand is read-only at run time.
In contrast, values placed in variables or files and accessedby the process via a symbolic name, can be changed duringexecution. This may be an asset. For example, messages canbe given in a choice of languages by placing the translationin a file.
Literals are used when such modification is not desired. Thename of the file mentioned above (not its content), or aphysical constant such as 3.14159, might be coded as aliteral. Literals can be accessed quickly, a potentialadvantage of their use.literalIn programming, any data written into the program that remains unchanged when translated into machine language. Examples are values used for calculations as well as text messages displayed on screen. In the following lines of code, the literals are 1 and the value is one. See string literal and numeric literal.
if x = 1print "the value is one"endif FinancialSeeTypoAcronymsSeeLITliteral
Related to literal: Literal languageSynonyms for literaladj exactSynonyms- exact
- close
- strict
- accurate
- faithful
- verbatim
- word for word
adj unimaginativeSynonyms- unimaginative
- boring
- dull
- down-to-earth
- matter-of-fact
- factual
- prosaic
- colourless
- uninspired
- prosy
adj actualSynonyms- actual
- real
- true
- simple
- plain
- genuine
- gospel
- bona fide
- unvarnished
- unexaggerated
Synonyms for literaladj employing the very same words as anotherSynonyms- verbal
- verbatim
- word-for-word
Synonyms for literalnoun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kindSynonyms- erratum
- literal error
- misprint
- typo
- typographical error
Related Wordsadj being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of somethingSynonymsRelated Wordsadj without interpretation or embellishmentRelated Wordsadj limited to the explicit meaning of a word or textRelated WordsAntonymsadj avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)Related Words |