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symbols

sym·bol
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sim-buh l]
    • /ˈsɪm bəl/
    • /ˈsɪm.bəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sim-buh l]
    • /ˈsɪm bəl/

Definitions of symbols word

  • noun symbols something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. 1
  • noun symbols a letter, figure, or other character or mark or a combination of letters or the like used to designate something: the algebraic symbol x; the chemical symbol Au. 1
  • noun symbols (especially in semiotics) a word, phrase, image, or the like having a complex of associated meanings and perceived as having inherent value separable from that which is symbolized, as being part of that which is symbolized, and as performing its normal function of standing for or representing that which is symbolized: usually conceived as deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears, and generally distinguished from a sign. 1
  • verb with object symbols to use symbols; symbolize. 1

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Origin of symbols

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin symbolum < Greek sýmbolon sign, equivalent to sym- sym- + -bolon, neuter for bolḗ (feminine) a throw

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Parts of speech for Symbols

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

symbols popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for symbols

noun symbols

  • alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
  • documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
  • hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  • ideograph — an ideogram.
  • ideographs — an ideogram.

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