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- pronunciation:
- sIm
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- Homophone Note, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
A symbol is an object, shape, or picture that is used to give the meaning of something else. A heart shape is often used as a symbol of love. The dollar sign ($) is a symbol for the word "dollars." Letters are symbols for sounds in a language.
In a cartoon, a light bulb over someone's head is a symbol for having an idea.Many road signs have symbols with special meanings. If you see a picture of an airplane on a road sign, it is a symbol that tells you that there is an airport near. |
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character, figure, letter, mark, number, numeral |
Are you looking for the word cymbal (a percussion instrument)? Symbol and cymbal sound alike but have different meanings.
The word symbol
contains the following part:
sym-
Greek
prefix
that means with, together with
  More about this word part:
The prefix sym-
occurs in Greek loanwords and hence attaches to Greek bases. It is an assimilated form of syn- used before roots beginning with b, p, and m, such as "bio, bi, -be", "path, patho, -pathic, -pathy", and "metr, -meter, -metry". See syn- and its other assimilated forms syl- and sys-.
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