symbol
US /ˈsɪmbəl/
Definition
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The dollar sign is the symbol for American currency.
Word Family
NounNoun
symbol gốc
symboliser
symbolizer
VerbVerb
symbolise
symbolize
AdjectiveAdj
symbolic
symbolical
AdverbAdv
symbolically
Synonyms
- signa perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- emblemspecial design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc
- badgean emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
Collocations
- Easy status symboldescribing status symbol (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
- Medium corporate symbol registered as trademarkdescribing corporate symbol registered as trademark (of or belonging to a corporation)
- Hard mathematical symbol notation in financial modelsdescribing mathematical symbol notation in financial models (of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics)
- Very Hard enduring symbol of resistance against tyrannyto enduring symbol of resistance against tyranny, meaning to put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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