| word | symbol |
|---|---|
| definition | noun Something that is a symbol of a society or an aspect of life seems to represent it because it is very typical of it. To them, the monarchy is the special symbol of nationhood. She was put under house arrest but remained a powerful symbol in the election. A symbol of something such as an idea is a shape or design that is used to represent it. Later in this same passage Yeats resumes his argument for the Rose as an Irish symbol. I frequently use sunflowers as symbols of strength. A symbol for an item in a calculation or scientific formula is a number, letter, or shape that represents that item. What's the chemical symbol for mercury? |
| inflections | symbols |
| cefr-level | A2 |
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