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icon

[ ahy-kon ]

noun

  1. Digital Technology. a picture or symbol that appears on a screen and is used to represent a file, account, application, etc.:

    Tap the icon to download the app.

    Click the flag icon at the top of the web page to toggle the language to English.

  2. Eastern Church. a representation of some sacred personage or event, such as Christ or a saint or the Resurrection, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated for its subject.
  3. a person or thing that epitomizes for many people a value, an era, a community, etc:

    Blue jeans remain an American cultural icon, despite the outsourcing of their manufacture to other countries.

  4. a person or thing that is revered or idolized:

    Elvis Presley is a cultural icon of the 20th century.

  5. Semiotics. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
  6. any picture, image, or other representation.


icon

/ ˈaɪkɒn /

noun

  1. Alsoikon a representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint, esp one painted in oil on a wooden panel, depicted in a traditional Byzantine style and venerated in the Eastern Church
  2. an image, picture, representation, etc
  3. a person or thing regarded as a symbol of a belief, nation, community, or cultural movement
  4. a person regarded as a sex symbol or as a symbol of the latest fashion trends
  5. a pictorial representation of a facility available on a computer system, that enables the facility to be activated by means of a screen cursor rather than by a textual instruction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


icon

/ īkŏn′ /

  1. In a graphical user interface, a picture on the screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, or program. Clicking on an icon will start the associated program or open the associated file, directory, or window.


icon

  1. An image used in worship in the Eastern Orthodox Church and among other Christians (see also Christian ) of similar traditions. Icons depict Jesus , Mary , and the saints , usually in a severe, symbolic, nonrealistic way.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of icon1

First recorded in 1565–75; from Latin īcon, from Greek eikṓn “figure, image, likeness”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of icon1

C16: from Latin, from Greek eikōn image, from eikenai to be like
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

He likened Clark’s skills to those of Johnny Mercer, the Tin Pan Alley icon who wrote “Moon River” and co-founded Capitol Records in 1942.

More than 15 years after the death of heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio, his widow and friends are continuing the fight against cancer on his behalf.

The production is built around Scherzinger’s icon status and staggering musical gifts.

By the end it's possible to have gathered a total of 127, and the main method of selecting them involves scrolling sideways through a very long row of icons.

From BBC

The Dance Theatre of Harlem also mourned the “icon and legend.”

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