WHEN AN OBJECT IS INVESTED WITH A MEANING BEYOND ITS IMMEDIATE REFERENCE, IT BECOMES
A. a symbol ✓ B. an irony C. a subject D. an epigram The answer to the question is: A. a symbol A symbol is a physical object that stands for an abstract concept or idea. Symbols are used in various contexts, such as…
MEANING OF TRANSPORTATION
Transportation is one of the aids to trade. It is the process of conveying goods and people from one place to another either through water, road, rail or air. It is simply the movement of goods and people from one…
MEANING OF BANK
Bank is a commercial institution which performs various financial activities, e.g. accepting and handling of deposits of its customers. It is a body of persons who carry on the business of banking. Banks are institutions that create money and give…
MEANING OF ADVERTISING
Advertising can be defined as any paid form of non-personal communication which is directed to the customers or target audience through various media in order to present and promote products, services and ideas. It is a branch of commerce which…
MEANING OF VALUES
Values can be defined as the worth, merit or esteem which a person, individual or group of people in the society or communities have for objects or an idea. For example, when someone says, “I value my life” or “I…
MEANING AND ORIGIN OF LEGITIMATE TRADE
The term, “legitimate trade” refers to the trade in commodities between Africans and the European merchants immediately after the abolition of slave trade. It was a trade where African raw materials, especially cash crops were exchanged for European goods. Such…
MEANING OF NATIONALISM
Nationalism is the feeling of pride, which people have about their country and identity. It also means a strong desire of a people who share the same or similar economic and political experiences, culture, language, tradition, history and heritage. Nationalism…
MEANING OF CENTRALISED STATES
The term centralised states means large political units, each of which covered large territorial areas and in most cases thousands of square kilometres. Each of such political units was controlled by large number of rulers, led by a king variously…
MEANING OF LAND RECLAMATION
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a landfill), is the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground…
THE MEANING OF GEOGRAPHY
The word ‘geography’ originates from two greek words. The first is ‘geo’ which means ‘the earth’ and the second Greek word is “graph” which means ‘to write about the Earth ’ or graphy comes from ‘graphein’, which means “description”. Therefore, Geography…
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