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Grammar : Verb
Spell : sim-buh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm bəˌlaɪz



Definition of symbolize

Origin :
  • c.1600, "to represent by a symbol," also "to be a symbol of," from French symboliser, from Modern Latin symbolizare, from symbolum (see symbol). Related: Symbolized; symbolizes; symbolizing.
  • verb represent; stand for
Example sentences :
  • The combinations change as the soul that they symbolize changes.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • What do Pindus and Ossa symbolize, and what exactly does their melting mean?
  • Extract from : « Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois » by George Chapman
  • It's to be an Anglo-American pageant, to symbolize the school.
  • Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
  • These objects also symbolize metaphysical and cosmological truths.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • If that hadn't happened, something else would have, to symbolize you.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • Now, the first symbolize our faculty of perceiving, as the second our faculty of acting.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • Chess may symbolize any conflict, but it is chess and it will remain chess.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
  • He gestured with his hands to symbolize care-free simplicity.
  • Extract from : « 2 B R 0 2 B » by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Is the verse that is recast meant to symbolize a moral in love?
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The names that will live are the names that symbolize the causes for which they stood.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.

Synonyms for symbolize

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