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The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.
Soren Kierkegaard

Meaning of "metamorphoses" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METAMORPHOSES

metamorphoses  [ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsiːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAMORPHOSES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metamorphoses is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES METAMORPHOSES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. Although meeting the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification by its use of varying themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry, and some of the Metamorphoses derives from earlier treatment of the same myths; however, he diverged significantly from all of his models. One of the most influential works in Western culture, the Metamorphoses has inspired such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante and Boccaccio. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in masterpieces of sculpture and painting by artists such as Titian. Although interest in Ovid faded after the Renaissance, towards the end of the twentieth century there was a resurgence of attention to his work; today, the Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAMORPHOSES


amniocenteses
ˌæmnɪəʊsɛnˈtiːsiːs
archdiocese
ˌɑːtʃˈdaɪəˌsiːs
cassis
kɑːˈsiːs
cease
siːs
decease
dɪˈsiːs
predecease
ˌpriːdɪˈsiːs
pseudarthroses
ˌsjuːdɑːˈθrəʊsiːs
saucisse
səʊˈsiːs
spondyloses
spɒnˈdɪləˌsiːs
surcease
sɜːˈsiːs
visceroptoses
ˌvɪsərəʊpˈtəʊˌsiːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAMORPHOSES

metamathematical
metamathematician
metamathematics
metamer
metameral
metamere
metameric
metameric segmentation
metamerically
metamerism
metamict
metamictisation
metamictization
metamorphic
metamorphically
metamorphism
metamorphist
metamorphose
metamorphosis
metamorphous

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAMORPHOSES

a bed of roses
anamorphoses
anastomoses
at cross-purposes
cross-purposes
deep-vein thromboses
diagnoses
diorthoses
gomphoses
metempsychoses
morphoses
Moses
ornithoses
orthoses
prognoses
psychoses
sporotrichoses
thromboses
to all intents and purposes
yersinioses

Synonyms and antonyms of metamorphoses in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «METAMORPHOSES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «metamorphoses» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of metamorphoses

Translation of «metamorphoses» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAMORPHOSES

Find out the translation of metamorphoses to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metamorphoses from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metamorphoses» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

变形记
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metamorfosis
570 millions of speakers

English

metamorphoses
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metamorphoses
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحولات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

метаморфозы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metamorfoses
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রূপান্তর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métamorphoses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metamorfosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Metamorphosen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

変身
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metamorfosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biến thái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருவங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटामोबरॉफॉस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metamorfozlarını
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metamorfosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metamorfozy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метаморфози
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metamorfoze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταμορφώσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metamorfosen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metamorfoser
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metamorfoser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metamorphoses

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAMORPHOSES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METAMORPHOSES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metamorphoses

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2 QUOTES WITH «METAMORPHOSES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word metamorphoses.
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Lapo Elkann
The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Italia Independent has embraced. We decided from the outset to do away with stereotypes and attune ourselves to the extreme pace, to the incessant metamorphoses of the globalized world.
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Soren Kierkegaard
The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAMORPHOSES»

Discover the use of metamorphoses in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metamorphoses and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metamorphoses
Not only is Ovid’s Metamorphoses a collection of all the myths of the time of the Roman poet as he knew them, but the book presents at the same time a series of love poems—about the loves of men, women, and the gods.
Ovid, 2013
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Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses gains its ideal twenty-first-century herald in Stanley Lombardo's bracing translation of a wellspring of Western art and literature that is too often treated, even by poets, as a mere vehicle for the scores of myths it ...
Ovid, Stanley Lombardo, 2010
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The Metamorphoses
"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."-"Washington Post"
Ovid, 2004
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Metamorphoses
The romantic poet of ancient Rome expresses his passion for life in poems that explore the diverse aspects of love
Ovid, 1955
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Metamorphoses: A Play
This play is based on David R. Slavitt's translation of The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Monologues.
Mary Zimmerman, 2002
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Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming
Cross-referring in a creative way to Deleuze's and Irigaray's respective philosophies of difference, the book addresses key notions such as embodiment, immanence, sexual difference, nomadism and the materiality of the subject.
Rosi Braidotti, 2013
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
This introduction to Ovid's Metamorphoses considers how Ovid defined and shaped his narrative, its cultural context, and its vivid depictions of the cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the imaginative fantasy of flight, ...
Elaine Fantham, 2004
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Reading Ovid: Stories from the Metamorphoses
Presents a selection from Metamorphoses, designed for those who have completed an introductory Latin course.
Peter Jones, 2007
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The Essential Metamorphoses
Stanley Lombardo's abridgment of his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, preserves the epic frame of the poem as a whole while offering the best-known tales in a rendering remarkable for its clarity, wit, and vigor.
Ovid, Stanley Lombardo, 2011
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Ovid's Metamorphoses: An Introduction to the Basic Aspects
The main purpose of this book is to provide an introduction, in the form of a literary study, both to the major aspects of the Metamorphoses and to Ovid's basic aims in the poem. -- Book Jacket
Karl Galinsky, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METAMORPHOSES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metamorphoses is used in the context of the following news items.
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Christian Kracht's 'Imperium' is a Melvillean Masterpiece of the …
In doing so, as the story goes, Narcissus metamorphoses into a flower, or what Gide calls “a symbol that grows.” Kracht's Engelhardt — the ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
2
[Fantasia '15 Review] 'Ludo': Indian Bloodbath Lacks Cohesion
Coinciding with these flashbacks is the girls' metamorphoses as the game consumes them, body and soul. The beginning of Ludo is extremely ... «Bloody Disgusting, Jul 15»
3
Jay Meehan: Esperanza and Emily
Unable to remain static and bask in any glow whatsoever that wafts their way, as a form of creative survival, metamorphoses ensue. «The Park Record, Jul 15»
4
Request made for expunged records in C.J. Grisham case
In fact, the original charge of resisting arrest went through an evolutionary metamorphoses of paperwork changes by the Bell County Attorney in ... «Temple Daily Telegram, Jul 15»
5
Movie Review: Acha Din
The aam aadmi played by Mammootty, however, soon metamorphoses into someone else, who single-handedly takes up a few mammoth and ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Western Lit, shot to death by 'trigger warnings'
Last year, multiple Columbia students objected to the inclusion of Ovid's 1st century lyric poem “Metamorphoses” in a class devoted to classic ... «Politico, Jul 15»
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Is To Kill a Mockingbird racist?
Columbia University announced this year that it will not include Ovid's Metamorphoses in its introductory humanities course for freshmen, ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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Review: Joachim Wtewael's Provocative and Puzzling Paintings at …
So are Wtewael's more forthrightly pornographic paintings of a scene from Ovid's “Metamorphoses” in which the divine lovers Mars and Venus ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Constellation Theatre Company to Present THE ADVENTURES OF …
He has appeared in numerous Constellation Theatre shows, including The Fire and The Rain, The Love of the Nightingale, Metamorphoses ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
10
Re-Re-Re-Reintroducing Hillary Clinton
''Since Xmas vacation, I've gone through three and a half metamorphoses and am beginning to feel as though there is a smorgasbord of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Metamorphoses [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/metamorphoses>. Apr 2024 ».
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