MAKE A SYMBOLIC GESTURE

Meaning of MAKE A SYMBOLIC GESTURE in English

make an action which has meaning greater than the action itself

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — adj symbolical, symbolic; also: [Relig.]
Interlingua English vocab
GESTURE — geste
English interlingue dictionary
SYMBOLIC — larawanon
English-Visayan vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — also ~al adjective Date: 1610 1. using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol, consisting of or proceeding by means of symbols, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GESTURE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin gestura mode of action, from Latin gestus, past participle of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYMBOLIC — I. (ˈ)sim|bälik, -lēk adjective Etymology: Late Latin symbolicus, from Greek symbolikos, from symbolon symbol + -ikos -ic 1. : of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GESTURE — I. ˈjes(h)chə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Medieval Latin gestura mode of action, from Latin gestus (past participle of gerere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — (a.) Alt. of Symbolical
Английский словарь Webster
SYMBOLIC — (a.) See Symbolics.
Английский словарь Webster
GESTURE — (v. i.) To make gestures; to gesticulate.
Английский словарь Webster
GESTURE — (v. t.) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.
Английский словарь Webster
SYMBOLIC — ( a. ) See Symbolics.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Symbolical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GESTURE — ( v. t. ) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — — symbolically , adv. — symbolicalness , n. /sim bol"ik/ , adj. 1. serving as a symbol of something (often …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GESTURE — — gestural , adj. — gesturer , n. /jes"cheuhr/ , n. , v. , gestured, gesturing . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — adj. of or pertaining to a symbol; characterized by the use of symbols; representative, allegorical, figurative
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GESTURE — v. express an idea or emotion through bodily movements; make a gesture
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GESTURE — I. ˈjes-chər, ˈjesh- noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin gestura mode of action, from Latin gestus, past …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — adjective also sym·bol·i·cal -li-kəl Date: 1610 1. a. : using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol b. : consisting of or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — adj ·see symbolics. 2. symbolic ·adj ·alt. of symbolical.
Webster English vocab
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
GESTURE — vi to make gestures; to gesticulate. 2. gesture ·noun manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; …
Webster English vocab
SYMBOLIC — ■ adjective 1》 serving as a symbol. 2》 involving the use of symbols or symbolism. Derivatives ~al adjective ~ally adverb …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SYMBOLIC — [sym.bol.ic] also sym.bol.i.cal adj (1610) 1 a: using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol b: consisting of or proceeding by means …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GESTURE — [ges.ture] n [ME, fr. ML gestura mode of action, fr. L gestus, pp. of gerere] (15c) 1 archaic: carriage, bearing …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SYMBOLIC — symbolic BrE AmE sɪm ˈbɒl ɪk AmE \ -ˈbɑːl- ▷ symbolic|al ə l ▷ symbolic|ally ə l‿i ▷ symbolic|alness ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — / sɪmˈbɒlɪk; NAmE -ˈbɑːlɪk/ adjective symbolic (of sth) containing symbols, or being used as a symbol : The dove is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GESTURE — / ˈdʒestʃə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a movement that you make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — sym ‧ bol ‧ ic AC /sɪmˈbɒlɪk $ -ˈbɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ symbol , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GESTURE — I. ges ‧ ture 1 /ˈdʒestʃə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SYMBOLIC — adj. (also symbolical) 1 of or serving as a symbol. 2 involving the use of symbols or symbolism. øsymbolic logic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SYMBOLIC — adj. (also symbolical) 1 of or serving as a symbol. 2 involving the use of symbols or symbolism. symbolic logic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — adj. (also symbolical) 1. of or serving as a symbol. 2 involving the use of symbols or symbolism. Phrases and …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1. tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — I. CARRYING OUT AN ACTION /meɪk/ ( makes, making, made) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — 1. If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic , you mean that it represents an important change, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GESTURE — ( gestures, gesturing, gestured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A gesture …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — 1. If you describe an event, action, or procedure as ~, you mean that it represents an important change, although …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GESTURE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a gesture of friendship (= an action which shows that someone is a friend …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — symbolical [adjective]The skull at the bottom of the picture is symbolic of death.An action can be described as symbolic if …
Cambridge English vocab
GESTURE — Synonyms and related words : action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, beck, beckon, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — adj. VERBS ▪ be , seem ▪ become ▪ The case became ~ of racial tension in society. ▪ regard …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GESTURE — I. noun 1 movement that expresses sth ADJECTIVE ▪ dramatic , expansive , expressive , extravagant , flamboyant , melodramatic …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SYMBOLIC — adj. 25B6; adjective the Colosseum is symbolic of the Roman Empire : EMBLEMATIC, representative, typical, characteristic, symptomatic. symbolic language : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GESTURE — n. 25B6; noun a gesture of surrender : SIGNAL, sign, motion, indication, gesticulation. a symbolic gesture : ACTION, act, deed, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SYMBOLIC — adj. Often, symbolic of. symbolical (of), tokening, betokening, emblematic (of), figurative, allegoric(al), typical (of), representative (of), symptomatic (of), characteristic (of), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GESTURE — n. 1 movement, motion, gesticulation, signal, indication, action, Colloq US high sign She made a gesture of dismissal 2 formality, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SYMBOLIC — See Symbolic logic
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GESTURE — 1. сущ. 1) жест; телодвижение to make an angry gesture ≈ недовольно повести плечами habitual gesture ≈ привычный жест imperious …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SYMBOLIC — symbolic.ogg sımʹbɒlık,-sımʹbɒlık(ə)l a символический; знаменательный to be symbolic(al) of smth. - символизировать что-либо
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