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[ US /ˈsɪmbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪmbə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
    the eagle is a symbol of the United States
  2. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

How To Use symbol In A Sentence

  • It sparked to life in the second act, when the symbolism gave way to themes of lust and sexual temptation.
  • Electronic records also contained significantly more words, abbreviations, and symbols.
  • She is "not a medium", we are told, but rather "a supersensory explorer who has been trained in the cosmic language of symbols for more than 20 years. British Blogs
  • The poet has symbolized his lover with a flower.
  • The orbit of the earth (or the circle which the sun seems to describe round the earth), is called the ecliptic, which is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and are distinguished by the following names and marks, [again, the symbols for the signs can be seen in the A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses
  • The portrait, reputed to be the most widely reproduced photograph in the world, has come to symbolize not just the ideals of the Cuban revolution but of revolution in general.
  • The ceremony has great symbolic significance.
  • This in turn has triggered the disappearance of a system of symbols that once enabled immediate identification of a woman's status.
  • The plaque tells us the sculpture is ‘a symbol of universal human endeavour.’
  • The cosmic symbol of the rising sun expresses the universality of God above all particular places and yet maintains the concreteness of divine revelation. Ignatius Insight Article on Restoring Ad Orientem
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