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How to pronounce symbol in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization
Type of representational process
Has types crossbones, oriflamme, emblem, cornucopia, allegory, horn of plenty, death's head, white feather
Derivation symbolic, symbolize, symbolical, symbolise


the eagle is a symbol of the United States.
Type Words
Type of signal, sign, signaling
Has types crown, written symbol, award, brand, stain, stamp, stigma, stock symbol, symbolism, token, type, variable, accolade, dollar, dollar mark, dollar sign, honor, honour, icon, identifier, impression, item, laurels, lingam, mantle, mark, marker, marking, monogram, nose, number, numeral, pound, pound sign, printed symbol, staff
Derivation symbolic, symbolical, symbolise, symbolize

Examples of symbol

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The so-called Rally Thong is just the most flamboyant symbol of the 2010 Giants.
From the online.wsj.com
It was also a symbol of the fecundity of the river, a tarnished symbol for sure.
From the timesunion.com
Wall-art accents are the perfect way to include a sun symbol in the patio decor.
From the theepochtimes.com
That seemed the ultimate symbol of technology's triumph over a medieval scourge.
From the economist.com
My hotel, the Masseria Torre Maizza, was a living symbol of this confusing past.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Almost instantly, the headphones became a status symbol and a fashion statement.
From the online.wsj.com
If you are a symbol of hope, you don't do it because you are expecting a reward.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Palestine's biggest symbol of sovereignty, its parliament, has been emasculated.
From the economist.com
The school's symbol is a Native American wearing an elaborate feather headdress.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
  • Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
  • The typographic character @, called the at sign or at symbol, is an abbreviation of the word at or the phrase at the rate of in accounting and commercial invoices (e.g. "7 widgets @ $2 = $14"). Its most common modern use is in e-mail addresses, where it stands for "located at". ...
  • Symbol is a studio album by Japanese electronica artist Susumu Yokota, released in 2005. This album is distinctive from others in his discography by being primarily composed of samples from classical orchestral pieces, such as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Saint-Sau00EBns's Carnival of the Animals, as well as more modern compositions by John Cage and Meredith Monk.
  • The Symbol is a choir in Romania that links to the great choir of the patriarchy of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its headquarters are in the basement or the patriarchal palace in the choir room named after the mentor of the choir Nicolae Lungu.
  • In computer science, a symbol table is a data structure used by a language translator such as a compiler or interpreter, where each identifier in a program's source code is associated with information relating to its declaration or appearance in the source, such as its type, scope level and ...
  • In digital communications, symbol rate (also known as baud or modulation rate) is the number of symbol changes (waveform changes or signalling events) made to the transmission medium per second using a digitally modulated signal or a line code. ...
  • A symbol is an idea, abstraction or concept, tokens of which may be marks or a configuration of marks which form a particular pattern. ...
  • A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object; Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship; A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith; To symbolize