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- verb Present participle of
symbolise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of representing something with a symbol
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Examples
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While historians offer explanations of the purpose of these types of works - such as symbolising the wealth of the family, their generous hospitality and a celebration of the seasons - naturally it is impossible to actually know.
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In another, you're feral scum, symbolising everything that's wrong with British youth.
Eliot Pollak: Arsenal, Everton and Spurs Have Only Themselves to Blame for Their Decline Eliot Pollak 2011
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But whatever its function – and many of Baghdad's scholars may not have been based physically within it – there is no doubt that the House of Wisdom has acquired a mythical status symbolising this golden age, on a par with the Library of Alexandria, 1,000 years earlier.
When Baghdad was centre of the scientific world Jim al-Khalili 2010
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Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock “reset” button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.
You got it wrong 2009
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Paintings symbolising blessing, prosperity and longevity are drawn on elaborate brightly coloured paper lanterns and hung in parks, temples and ancestral halls – a fitting end to a spectacular festival.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year in spectacular style in Hong Kong 2011
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Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.
Hillary Clinton gaffe not taken as seriously as a George W. Bush one would have been by the BBC Not a sheep 2009
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It is been made in one piece of plexi that has been folded by heat into two triangular forms, symbolising the male figure.
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In another, you're feral scum, symbolising everything that's wrong with British youth.
Eliot Pollak: Arsenal, Everton and Spurs Have Only Themselves to Blame for Their Decline Eliot Pollak 2011
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Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock “reset” button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.
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In front is suspended an enormous disc, tilted at an angle above the action, symbolising the moon, the sun, perhaps the communion host.
Yerma – review 2011
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