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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
/ ˈɪɒ /
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
- 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
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Example Sentences
Sacramento State announced Tuesday that it hired outsized personality and hoops icon Shaquille O’Neal as general manager of its forlorn men’s basketball program.
If Brinkley’s new memoir, “Uptown Girl,” has one lesson to impart to its readers, it’s that no one, not even the beauty icon, rides through life for free.
The church houses the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine icon of the Virgin believed to have been made by St Luke the Evangelist and used by Jesuit orders all over the world.
But, as the Foxes icon looks to script another chapter in his career and life, football may never see a story like his and Leicester's again.
A Colossal video calls the species “a prehistoric pop-culture icon” — it also plays a role in “World of Warcraft,” Dungeons & Dragons and the card game Magic: The Gathering.
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