ADJ
- clear, dramatic, perfect, potent, powerful, supreme, ultimate
- The Berlin wall was the supreme symbol of the Cold War
- universal
- The dove is a universal symbol of peace
- outward, physical, visual
- The company car is an outward symbol of the employee's status
- ancient, traditional
- national
- cultural, military, political
- divine, religious, sacred
- Christian, Hindu, etc.
- fertility, phallic, sexual, virility
- The villagers took fertility symbols into the fields to ensure a good harvest
- sex
- (= a person famous for being attractive) He is not most people's idea of a sex symbol
- status
- A stressful job can actually be a status symbol
VERB + SYMBOL
- adopt sth as, regard sth as, see sth as, use sth as
- Eggs are seen as the symbol of new life
ADJ
- identifying
- All GM products carry an identifying symbol
- abstract, geometric, geometrical
- graphic, written
- chemical, Chinese, linguistic, mathematical, musical, phonemic, phonetic, punctuation
- A list of phonetic symbols is given in the front of the dictionary
VERB + SYMBOL
- bear, be marked with, have
- The coin bears a Jewish symbol. The bottle had a skull and crossbones symbol on it
- display, show, use
- Hotels that show this symbol offer activities for children
- look out for, see
- Always look out for the special ABTA symbol at your travel agent's. You can use your tokens wherever you see this symbol
- decipher, interpret, understand
SYMBOL + VERB
- denote sth, indicate sth, mean sth, represent sth
- What does this little symbol mean?
PREP
- in ~s
- a message written in symbols
- ~ for
- O is the chemical symbol for oxygen