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icon
[ ahy-kon ]
noun
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- a person or thing that is revered or idolized:
Elvis Presley is a cultural icon of the 20th century.
- Semiotics. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
- any picture, image, or other representation.
icon
/ ˈaɪkɒn /
noun
- 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
- an image, picture, representation, etc
- a person or thing regarded as a symbol of a belief, nation, community, or cultural movement
- a person regarded as a sex symbol or as a symbol of the latest fashion trends
- 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
icon
/ ī′kŏn′ /
- 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
- 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of icon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of icon1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Gisèle is not the first person whose unimaginable suffering has turned her into an icon.
The rivalry has catapulted him from a boxing great to a sporting icon.
"She keeps repeating, 'I am normal,' she does not want to be considered as an icon," her lawyer Stéphane Babonneau said.
For more detail about a product, click the finding icon.
The grouped notifications are marked with a specific icon, and users can report any concerns they have on a notification summary.
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