An ideal example of someone or something
“Her idea of a good time is to do something awful you'll regret.”
The embodiment or core of something
“The outgoing socialite was always the life of the party.”
A person or thing of the same kind as another
“Let us hope we shall never see the scoundrel or his like in our town ever again.”
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
“These ads are trying to tell me what the ideal in terms of body shape should be.”
A figure intended to represent an abstract quality
“Philosophically speaking, a judge without an equipage might be the very abstract of piety or of uprightness.”
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