English > symbolize: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
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| Example | "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" |
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| Synonyms | typify, symbolise, stand for, represent |
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| Narrower | embody, be, personify | represent, as of a character on stage |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | representar, simbolizar |
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| Catalan | representar, simbolitzar |
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| Nouns | symbol, symbolization | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
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| symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance |
| symbolizer | someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols |
| symbolizing | the act of representing something with a symbol |
