symbolize

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. express indirectly by an image, form, or model;
be a symbol (Freq. 16)
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
• Syn:
typify, symbolise, stand for, represent
• Derivationally related forms:
representative (for: represent), representation (for: represent), symbolisation (for: symbolise), symboliser (for: symbolise), symbol (for: symbolise), symbolization, symbolizer, symbolizing, symbol, typification (for: typify)
• Hypernyms:
mean, intend
• Hyponyms:
embody, be, personify, typify, epitomize, epitomise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. represent or identify by using a symbol;
use symbols
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
• Syn:
symbolise
• Derivationally related forms:
symbolisation (for: symbolise), symbolization
• Hypernyms:
represent
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  symbolise, typify, stand for, represent