symbol
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmbəl/
The English word “symbol” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
- A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
- A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
- That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
- Share; allotment.
- An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
- A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
verb
- To symbolize.
Etymology
From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), from συμβάλλω (sumbállō, “to throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σύν (sún,…
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