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Symbolize Moderate

Symbolize has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

"What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"

2

represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols

"The poet symbolizes love in this poem"

"These painters believed that artists should symbolize"

3

To be symbolic of; to represent.

Example Sentences
"What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" verb
"The poet symbolizes love in this poem" verb
"These painters believed that artists should symbolize" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mean represent
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
embody typify
Rhyming Words
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