typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
(verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; “What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?”
typify, epitomize, epitomise
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
typify (third-person singular simple present typifies, present participle typifying, simple past and past participle typified)
(transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
(transitive) To portray stereotypically.
(transitive, science) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.
Source: Wiktionary
Typ"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb. n. Typifying.] Etym: [Type + -fy.]
Definition: To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
