noun
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- (sometimes figurative) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A tally.
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
Synonyms: memento, souvenir, miracle, password, reason, reasoning, sign, symbol, symbol
verb
- To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
- To betroth
- To symbolize, instantiate
adjective
- Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement
Pronunciation
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