Definitions
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Word origin
From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), from συμβάλλω (sumbállō, “to throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, put”).
Used in a sentence
“"$" is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.”
“Chinese people use word symbols for writing.”
“The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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