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Definition: Symbolization |
SymbolizationNoun1. The use of symbols to convey meaning. 2. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "symbolization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Symbolization \Sym`bol*i*za"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression symbolisation.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SymbolizationSynonyms: symbol (n), symbolic representation (n), symbolisation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Noun: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Symbolization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Symbolization" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "symbolization": pictorial symbolization. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "symbolization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | simbolizim, shfaqje simbolike. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تعبير بالرموز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | символизация, символизиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | symbolizace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | billedrepræsentation (pictorial symbolization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | symbolisation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Versinnbildlichung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμβολισμόσ (symbolism, symbolkzation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "סתמלות, סמול (coding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szimbolizálás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ymbolizationsay символизация. (various references) simbolizacija. (various references) simbolización. (various references) simgeleme. (various references) сукупність символів, символізація, зображення у вигляді символів. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "symbolization": symbolizations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "symbolization" (pronounced 'Sym`bol*i*za"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-y-z" | |
-2 letters: solmization. | |
-3 letters: abolitions. | |
-4 letters: abolition, ambitions, animosity, binomials, boltonias, isolation, libations, lobations, myotonias, oblations. | |
-5 letters: albinism, ambition, amotions, binomial, boltonia, inositol, lanosity, libation, lobation, matzoons, minilabs, mobility, moonsail, motional, myoblast, myotonia, nobility, oblation, salinity, sibilant, snootily, solation, symbiont, tombolas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-y-z" | |
+1 letter: symbolizations. | |
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