typify

Verb

Meaning

To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

represent symbolize epitomize symbolise stand for epitomise mark show model instance mean indicate identify suggest copy
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Antonyms

disorder hide obscure disguise conceal disperse
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Hypernyms

mean represent intend symbolize symbolise stand for

Hyponyms

embody epitomize personify be epitomise

Related terms

type typical typification typically

Derivatives

typified typifying

Examples

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God. William Howard Taft

SYMBOL, n. Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere 'survivals' as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness. Ambrose Bierce

The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition Source: Internet

What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize? Source: Internet

D.M. Gibb (1982) p. 3 Journalist Vance Palmer suggested although Kelly came to typify "the rebellious persona of the country for later generations, (he really) belonged. Source: Internet

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty unstrip Rolling hills and farm fields that typify the Cotswolds landscape The Cotswolds were designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1966, with an expansion on 21 December 1990 to convert. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

typification typified typifier typikon typiness typing