literalise
/ˈlɪtərəlaɪz/
verb
- To interpret or represent something in a literal way, without metaphor or exaggeration.
- The director decided to literalise the dream sequence, showing it exactly as the character imagined.
- When you literalise a metaphor, you often lose its deeper meaning.
- The artist chose to literalise the poem by painting exactly what the words described.
- To make something actual or concrete; to realize in a literal form.
- The invention literalised a concept that had only existed in theory.
- Her goal was to literalise her vision of a community garden.
- The architect literalised the client's vague ideas into a detailed blueprint.
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