sym-
variant of syn- before b, p, m: symbol; symphony; symmetry.
sym-
1 American
sym.
2
American
abbreviation
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symbol.
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Chemistry. symmetrical.
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symphony.
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symptom.
sym-
British
prefix
Example Sentences
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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 Harriet E. Wilson
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 Henry James
Mr. Bellmont was a kind, humane man, who would not grudge hospi- tality to the poorest wanderer, nor fail to sym- pathize with any sufferer, however humble.
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 Harriet E. Wilson
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 Winn Schwartau
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 William Swinton
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