| VERB | communication | symbolise, symbolize | represent or identify by using a symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | symbolise, typify, symbolize, stand for, represent | express indirectly by an image, form, or model |
| Meaning | represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | symbolize | |
| Broader | represent | describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality |
| Spanish | simbolizar | |
| Nouns | symbolisation | the use of symbols to convey meaning / meaning |
| Meaning | Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | typify, symbolize, stand for, represent | |
| Narrower | embody, be, personify | represent, as of a character on stage |
| typify, epitomize, epitomise | embody the essential characteristics / characteristics of or be a typical example of | |
| Broader | mean, intend | mean or intend to express or convey |
| Spanish | representar, simbolizar | |
| Catalan | representar, simbolitzar | |
| Nouns | symbol, symbolisation | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
| symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | |
| symboliser | someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols | |
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