"symbolize" meaning in English

See symbolize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-symbolize.wav Forms: symbolizes [present, singular, third-person], symbolizing [participle, present], symbolized [participle, past], symbolized [past]
Etymology: From Middle French symboliser. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|symboliser}} Middle French symboliser Head templates: {{en-verb}} symbolize (third-person singular simple present symbolizes, present participle symbolizing, simple past and past participle symbolized)
  1. (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent. Tags: transitive Translations (To be symbolic of; to represent): rəmziləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), simvollaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), сімвалізава́ць (simvalizavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), сымбалізава́ць (symbalizavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), символизи́рам (simvolizíram) (Bulgarian), simbolitzar (Catalan), 象徵 (Chinese Mandarin), 象征 (xiàngzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), symbolisere (Danish), symboliseren (Dutch), simboli (Esperanto), symboloida (Finnish), merkitä (Finnish), symboliser (French), simbolizar (Galician), symbolisieren (German), συμβολίζω (symvolízo) (Greek), szimbolizál (Hungarian), jelképez (Hungarian), jelez (Hungarian), simbolizzare (Italian), 象徴する (shōchō suru) (alt: しょうちょうする) (Japanese), 상징하다 (sangjinghada) (Korean), ssimbolizza (Maltese), ssimboleġġa (Maltese), symbolizować [imperfective] (Polish), simbolizar (Portuguese), simboliza (Romanian), символизи́ровать (simvolizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), simbolizirati (Slovene), simbolizar (Spanish), symbolisera (Swedish), символізува́ти (symvolizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), symboleiddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-symbolize-en-verb-gXOcCGGS Disambiguation of 'To be symbolic of; to represent': 88 11 1 0
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-symbolize-en-verb-hljFXPWu
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-symbolize-en-verb-FuIc1aZm
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: harmonize, represent, symbolise [UK] Derived forms: nonsymbolizing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.",
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        "(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent."
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          "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "The pleasing of colour symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony.",
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          "text": "They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses.",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nonsymbolizing"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle French symboliser.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:",
          "text": "The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.",
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        }
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        "To be symbolic of; to represent."
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          "symbolic",
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        "(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent."
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically."
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        "transitive"
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "The pleasing of colour symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize."
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1824, George Stanley Faber, The Difficulties of Infidelity:",
          "text": "The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold the same faith; to agree."
      ],
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          "agree",
          "agree"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/"
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    {
      "word": "harmonize"
    },
    {
      "word": "represent"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "word": "symbolise"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "rəmziləşdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simvollaşdırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "simvalizavácʹ",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сімвалізава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "symbalizavácʹ",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сымбалізава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "simvolizíram",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "символизи́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simbolitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "象徵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngzhēng",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "象征"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symbolisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symboliseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simboli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symboloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "merkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "olla + genitive + vertauskuva",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symboliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simbolizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symbolisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symvolízo",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "συμβολίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "szimbolizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "jelképez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "jelez"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simbolizzare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうちょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōchō suru",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "象徴する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sangjinghada",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "상징하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "ssimbolizza"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "ssimboleġġa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "symbolizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simbolizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simboliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "simvolizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "символизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simbolizirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "simbolizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symbolisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "symvolizuváty",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "символізува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "To be symbolic of; to represent",
      "word": "symboleiddio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "symbolize"
}

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