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Past tense of symbolize

regular verb

The past tense of symbolize is symbolized. The past participle is also symbolized.

Forms of symbolize

Base form (V1)symbolize /ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/
Past tense (V2)symbolized
Past participle (V3)symbolized
Present participlesymbolizing
Third person singularsymbolizes

Symbolized in a sentence

  • In them, the wedding is symbolized.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 365
  • The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed.From the entry capital
  • Orthophotos or orthophoto mosaics enhanced by additional symbolized, planimetric information are called orthophoto plans.2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 293. From the entry orthophoto
  • With the rebus principle, sound could be made visible in a systematic way, and abstract concepts symbolized.2008, Amy Bryzgel, New Avant-gardes in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1987–1999. From the entry rebus principle
  • It was a daffodil scent; it symbolized spring and the hope that spring always brings.2007, Celia Lyttelton, The Scent Trail: An Olfactory Odyssey, London […]: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry concrete

Meaning of symbolize

  1. verb To be symbolic of; to represent.
  2. verb To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
  3. verb To convert something into a symbol.

Full definition of symbolize

Questions about the past tense of symbolize

What is the past tense of symbolize?
The past tense of symbolize is symbolized.
What is the past participle of symbolize?
The past participle of symbolize is symbolized.
Is symbolize a regular or irregular verb?
Symbolize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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