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Definition of 'symbol'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- $ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.
- '
- ' is the octothorpe symbol .
- ''Chinese people use word symbols for writing.
- The lion is the symbol''' of courage; the lamb is the '''symbol of meekness or patience.
Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.
- The dollar symbol has no relationship to the concept of currency or any related idea.
(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols .
Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or are slightly separated. Sometimes symbols represent objects or events that occupy space or things that are not physical and do not occupy space.
(crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
* Jeremy Taylor
- They do their work in the days of peace and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.
Share; allotment.
* Jeremy Taylor
- The persons who are to be judged shall all appear to receive their symbol .
Derived terms
* status symbol
* typographical symbol
Related terms
* symbolic
* symbolize
* symbolism
Verb
To symbolize.
- (Tennyson)
See also
* punctuation
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Similar to 'symbol'sinful, sambal, snivel, synfuel, snavel, skinful, sinfull, snowful, symbal, sumbal, sumbul
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