sym-

¹ American  

1. variant of syn- before b, p, m: symbol; symphony; symmetry.

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sym. ² American  

abbreviation

1. symbol.

2. Chemistry. symmetrical.

3. symphony.

4. symptom.

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sym- British  

prefix

1. before b, p, and m, a variant of syn-

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Example Sentences

Was yesterday a sym- bolic choice of dates for disaster or mere coincidence?

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

She had formerly had wealth at her command, but misfortune had de- prived her of it, and unlocked her heart to sym- pathies and favors she had never known while it lasted.

From Our nig, or, sketches from the life of a free black, in a two-story white house, North Showing that slavery's shadows fall even there by Wilson, Harriet E.

NOTE.—The form sy- is used before s; syl- before l, sym- before b, p or m.

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William

The sustained height of this almost detached choir is very noble; its lightness and grace, its soaring sym- metry, carry the eye up to places in the air from which it is slow to descend.

From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry

Thus vanished all hopes of sym- pathy or relief from this source to Frado.

From Our nig, or, sketches from the life of a free black, in a two-story white house, North Showing that slavery's shadows fall even there by Wilson, Harriet E.