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Meanings of symbolise in English

Portuguese
representar
Catalan
representar
Spanish
representar

Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.

representar
Usage of symbolise in English
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It seems to symbolise everything that's good, our hopes for the future.
The Irish Times
2
It transformed an industry that came to symbolise India's rampant economic growth.
Reuters
3
Secondly, then, Rwanda has come to symbolise what donor aid can do.
The Guardian
4
Few vehicles symbolise the United States' automotive obsession, quite like the Hummer.
The South African
5
Parties are, by definition, aggregations of people that symbolise continuity of belief.
The Guardian
6
They displayed hundreds of pairs of shoes together to symbolise suicide deaths.
Radio NZ
7
Those two sages symbolise in themselves the two guiding spirits of civilisation.
Creative Unity
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Was this striking picture meant to symbolise the reshaping of the world?
The Guardian
9
The balloons will be released on Sunday to symbolise the Wall's disappearance.
Reuters
10
Do the rags deposited at wells symbolise offerings to the local deity?
Folklore as an Historical Science
11
The three golden lions heads symbolise Dalmatia while the goat represents Istria.
News.com.au
12
In LA, Gaga had hatched out of an egg to symbolise rebirth.
The Guardian
13
Their fraught relationship came to symbolise tensions between Japanese companies and foreign investors.
Reuters
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For a generation of Catholics, this dispute came to symbolise resistance to change.
The Guardian
15
Nowadays the heraldic design is used to symbolise a family's identity and values.
Reuters
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Round and golden blinis were thought to symbolise the sun and bring warmth.
The Irish Times
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Translations for symbolise
Symbolise through the time
Symbolise across language varieties
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