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Symbolic         
·adj ·see Symbolics.
II. Symbolic ·adj ·Alt. of Symbolical.
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adj. symbolic of
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1.
If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip...
The move today was largely symbolic.
ADJ
symbolically
It was a simple enough gesture, but symbolically important.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with cl
2.
Something that is symbolic of a person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.
Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ of n
symbolically
Each circle symbolically represents the whole of humanity.
ADV: ADV with v
3.
Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.
...symbolic representations of landscape.
ADJ: ADJ n

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Symbolic

Symbolic may refer to:

  • Symbol, something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity
Pronunciation examples for symbolic
1. symbolic methods,
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2. Very symbolic.
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3. symbolic of death.
Beauty is Embarassing _ Wayne White _ Talks at Google
4. as sort of like symbolic reasoning, symbolic processing,
AI Cognition Won't Work for Consciousness _ Ned Block _ Talks at Google
5. a symbolic language
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Examples of use of symbolic
1. They do a lot of things that are symbolic, and the symbolic aspects of the presidency are important.
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3. They have ceremonial, sacred and symbolic associations.
4. Feingold‘s action will likely be largely symbolic.
5. SYMBOLIC However, the proposed restrictions on Palestinian employment and travel would be largely symbolic, since only a few thousand Palestinians would be affected.