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symbolise

verb

To be symbolic of; to represent.

  • The crossed hammer and sickle symbolise the union of workers and peasantry in their fight for their rights.

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It will, the developer boasts, "symbolise the dynamic emergence of modern China".Less obviously, it also symbolises modern America.

Related: Manchester's library vandals know the cost of everything and value of nothing | Letters: Ralph Gee What the Manchester story seems to symbolise runs even deeper.

Whenever the wrap dress, Von Furstenberg's most iconic creation, plays a starring role in a collection it seems to symbolise that she herself is the protagonist of the season's story.

The intricate narrative manifests how the fates of the characters are bound together and how Havaa comes to symbolise all that is good in a chaotic world.

The city of Cuenca has become the central place to watch and take part in these festivities, which symbolise the ousting of old grudges and bad habits as well as highlighting good memories.

Most cross-cultural: Over 100 cyclists from Jordan, Israel and Palestine taking part in a three-day bicycle relay to carry water from the Yarmouk River and the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea to symbolise the need for cooperation to stop climate change and save precious water resources.

Demonstrators covered their mouths with tape to symbolise what they claim is the ignoring of students' voices in the decision to raise fees to up to £9,000.

Three decades on and a new picture of Sharbat Gula, this time a cheap mugshot of a middle-aged woman, has come to symbolise the hostility many Pakistanis feel towards people they believe have outstayed their welcome.

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