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symbolize
Overview of verb symbolize
The verb symbolize has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (16) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent -- (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?")
2. symbolize, symbolise -- (represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize")
Grep of noun symbolize
symbolizer
Antonyms of verb symbolize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb symbolize
2 senses of symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> mean, intend
=> convey, impart
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
symbolize, symbolise
=> represent
=> describe, depict, draw
=> set forth, expound, exposit
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb symbolize
1 of 2 senses of symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> embody, be, personify
=> typify, epitomize, epitomise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb symbolize
2 senses of symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> mean, intend
Sense 2
symbolize, symbolise
=> represent
'Cause To' of verb symbolize
Derived Forms of verb symbolize
2 senses of symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
RELATED TO>(noun) symbolization#2
=> symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation
RELATED TO>(noun) symbolizer#1
=> symbolist, symbolizer, symboliser
RELATED TO>(noun) symbolizing#1
=> symbolizing, symbolising
RELATED TO>(noun) symbol#1
=> symbol
RELATED TO>(noun) symbol#2
=> symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation
Sense 2
symbolize, symbolise
RELATED TO>(noun) symbolization#1
=> symbolization, symbolisation
Domain of verb symbolize
Domain Terms of verb symbolize
Familiarity of verb symbolize
symbolize used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb symbolize
2 senses of symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
symbolize, symbolise
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb symbolize
2 senses of symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
> mean, intend
=> typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> denote, refer
=> signify
=> spell, import
=> aim
=> drive, get, aim
Sense 2
symbolize, symbolise
> represent
=> symbolize, symbolise
=> actualize, actualise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb symbolize
Sense 1
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> mean, intend
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Sense 2
symbolize, symbolise
=> represent
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Grep of verb symbolize
symbolize
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