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Word: Symbol
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting the Apostles' Creed): from Latin symbolum ‘symbol, Creed (as the mark of a Christian)’, from Greek sumbolon ‘mark, token’, from sun- ‘with’ + ballein ‘to throw’
ˈsɪmbl
a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation
Short Definition:mark or character used as conventional representation of object or process
Examples:- the symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective
- the chemical symbol for helium is He
a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
Short Definition:thing that represents for something else
Examples:- the limousine was another symbol of his wealth and authority
Word: Symbol
Speech Type: Verb
ˈsɪmbl
symbolize.
Short Definition:symbolize
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