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How to pronounce symbolize in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms represent, stand for, symbolise, typify
Type of mean, intend
Has types epitomise, epitomize, personify, typify, embody, be
Derivation symbol, symbolization, symbolizer, symbolizing


What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?.
Type Words
Synonyms symbolise
Type of represent
Derivation symbolization


The poet symbolizes love in this poem.
These painters believed that artists should symbolize.

Examples of symbolize

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So, do these cuts symbolize the Republican rejection of fuzzy-headed liberalism?
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He, like Smith, stands shoeless to symbolize black poverty in the United States.
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Ducks, in the centre of the rushnyk, symbolize the element of life-giving water.
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The team wore blue ribbons to symbolize their sadness and honor their teammate.
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Hollywood has come to symbolize much of the improved public safety in the city.
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Some people think black-eyed peas symbolize fortune because they look like coins.
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It might symbolize that the entire nation's effort is directed toward one goal.
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In Hong Kong, skyscrapers symbolize one of the world's most successful economies.
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Every year, prince and pauper, youth and old age, symbolize the Wonderful Legend.
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More examples
  • Typify: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
  • Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
  • (symbolism) an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images
  • (symbolization) the use of symbols to convey meaning
  • (symbolizing) the act of representing something with a symbol
  • (Symbolism (arts)) Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the movement had its roots in Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil, 1857) by Charles Baudelaire. ...
  • To be symbolic of; to represent
  • (symbolism) Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities
  • (symbolism) A painting movement that flourished in France in the 1880s and 1890s in which subject matter was suggested rather than directly presented. It featured decorative, stylized, and evocative images.