Jackson6612  +  553117 Sun, 10 Aug 08 08:36 AM Is the information in the following text correct? There can be a lot of different meanings for a single English word. Apart from its literal meaning it can have different figurative meanings, i.e. metaphorical and allegorical. Jackson6612 Joined on Wed, Dec 27 2006 Senior Member 3,688 It’s a difficult question for any man to answer… Whether to follow his dreams no matter what… Or to give in slowly and let life lead you where it will.

	Mister Micawber  +  553126 Sun, 10 Aug 08 09:34 AM . There can be a lot of different meanings for a single English word. Apart from its literal meaning, it can have different figurative meanings, i.e. metaphorical or allegorical. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,507 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Jackson6612  +  553376 Sun, 10 Aug 08 11:01 PM Hi Mr Micawber, Are there other figurative meanings other than metaphorical or allegorical which a word can take? Jackson6612

	Mister Micawber  +  553383 Sun, 10 Aug 08 11:56 PM . It may be just a matter of terminology choice, but I suppose that you could also include symbolic and euphuistic.  That's all that comes to mind offhand. Mister Micawber

	Jackson6612  +  553473 Mon, 11 Aug 08 08:11 AM Thank you. Jackson6612

	Jackson6612  +  717641 Wed, 06 May 09 02:49 AM Hello Mr Micawber,   Though I wrote this post, I have forgotten what I really meant by 'literal meaning'.   Jackson6612 “Apart from its literal meaning”     By 'literal meaning', do we mean dictionary definitions for a word?   Thank you. Jackson6612

	Mister Micawber  +  717698 Wed, 06 May 09 03:52 AM . Not really, because a good dictionary includes all the meanings, literal and figurative.  'Literal' is a little hard to define because there are so many different kinds of words, but the literal meaning is the basic or primary meaning, the simplest or most obvious meaning. . Mister Micawber