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SYMBOLIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they symbolize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it symbolizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: symbolized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: symbolized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: symbolizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbolplay

Example:

What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

Synonyms:

represent; stand for; symbolise; symbolize; typify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "symbolize" is one way to...):

intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "symbolize"):

be; embody; personify (represent, as of a character on stage)

epitomise; epitomize; typify (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

symbol (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)

symbolization (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)

symbolizer (someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols)

symbolizing (the act of representing something with a symbol)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbolsplay

Example:

These painters believed that artists should symbolize

Synonyms:

symbolise; symbolize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "symbolize" is one way to...):

represent (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

symbolization (the use of symbols to convey meaning)

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