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# allegory

noun (allegory, allegories)

«allegory» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegory/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegory/#x1)
- In the allegory, the wolf stands for greed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegory/#x2)
- This fable is one of the earliest moral allegories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegory/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «allegory» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegory/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«allegory» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/allegory.html) on Mova free.