appropriate symbol
collocation in Englishmeanings of appropriate and symbol
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with symbol.
appropriate
adjective
uk
/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət/us
/əˈproʊ.pri.ət/
suitable or right for a particular situation ...
(Definition of appropriate and symbol from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of appropriate symbol
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Therefore, it could be used as an appropriate symbol for nourishment.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
I believe that it will be seen by all concerned as an appropriate symbol of the enduring links between our two countries.
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I want to put up, first, that a beehive in this technological age is not really an appropriate symbol of industry.
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The prism is an appropriate symbol for the adventure to knowledge of the world around us.
The glowing shoes, an appropriate symbol for her own unbridled envy, bring about her final demise.
The result is then matched against the cumulative intervals and the appropriate symbol is selected from look up table.
For example, if "x" represented mass, the letter "m" might be an appropriate symbol to represent the dimensionless mass quantity.
Neither the actual rank designated for a particular unit's commander, nor the rank held by the incumbent commander alters the appropriate symbol.
Stirrups played a crucial role in the lives of people at this time, and the centaur served as an appropriate symbol to express this importance.
He then thought this was an appropriate symbol for the cruelty of such a merciless closed society as one finds in a country schoolhouse.
It is also is a stiffened square card covered with white linen, usually embroidered with a cross, or some other appropriate symbol.
The destruction of one of the least-loved and critically savaged games of all time was seen an appropriate symbol for an award for excellence in gaming.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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to make problems, difficulties, or disagreements less serious or easier to solve, usually by talking to the people involved
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