Englishicon
variants: or less commonly ikon
plural icons also ikons
Definition
- : a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere //a civil rights icon //an actor and fashion icon //… Purple Rain, the flick that established Prince as a pop icon and cineaste. — Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell //That cultural icon, the Nintendo Game Boy, was released in 1989 … — Eleanor Flegg
- : emblem, symbol //… Rosie the Riveter, with her machine-shop suit, … her bicep flexed and bared, became a national icon defining the new nature of “women's work.” — Page Law //A single photograph, the photograph of Earth taken from space by William Anders, on Apollo 8, in 1968, served as an icon for the entire environmental movement. — Jill Lepore //The nation's first President was transformed into an icon, a national symbol whose somewhat forbidding portrait would adorn the dollar bill. — John J. O'Connor
- : a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save): a sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaningarchaic : a usually pictorial representation : image
- in Eastern Orthodox Christianity : a representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction
Examples
- //Click on the icon to open your e-mail program.
- //He has become an icon in the movie business.
- //a singer who has become a pop icon
- //The Statue of Liberty has become an American cultural icon.
First Known Use
1572, in the meaning defined at sense 3cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin īcon-, īcōn, borrowed from Greek eikon-, eikṓn "representation, image, likeness," derivative from *u̯eik-, the base of the reduplicated perfect éoika "(I) am like, look like, resemble" (Attic infinitive eikénai), of uncertain origin; (sense 4) borrowed from Late Greek eikṓn, going back to GreekNOTE: Conjectured relationship of the Greek verb with Lithuanian įvỹkti "to happen, occur," pavéikslas "picture, image, example," is now considered doubtful.
icon
noun
variants: also ikon
Synonyms
- a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader //the player's remote control is very user-friendly as it doesn't use any icons that you haven't seen a million times before
- a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) //cites Marlene Dietrich as an icon of old-time Hollywood glamourSynonyms
- a person who is widely known and usually much talked about //a sports bar filled with photos of icons from football, basketball, and baseballSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms
- a two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing //any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religionSynonyms
icon
variants: or less commonly ikon
plural icons also ikons
Definition
- : a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere //a civil rights icon //an actor and fashion icon //… Purple Rain, the flick that established Prince as a pop icon and cineaste. — Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell //That cultural icon, the Nintendo Game Boy, was released in 1989 … — Eleanor Flegg
- : emblem, symbol //… Rosie the Riveter, with her machine-shop suit, … her bicep flexed and bared, became a national icon defining the new nature of “women's work.” — Page Law //A single photograph, the photograph of Earth taken from space by William Anders, on Apollo 8, in 1968, served as an icon for the entire environmental movement. — Jill Lepore //The nation's first President was transformed into an icon, a national symbol whose somewhat forbidding portrait would adorn the dollar bill. — John J. O'Connor
- : a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save): a sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaningarchaic : a usually pictorial representation : image
- in Eastern Orthodox Christianity : a representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction
Examples
- //Click on the icon to open your e-mail program.
- //He has become an icon in the movie business.
- //a singer who has become a pop icon
- //The Statue of Liberty has become an American cultural icon.
First Known Use
1572, in the meaning defined at sense 3cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin īcon-, īcōn, borrowed from Greek eikon-, eikṓn "representation, image, likeness," derivative from *u̯eik-, the base of the reduplicated perfect éoika "(I) am like, look like, resemble" (Attic infinitive eikénai), of uncertain origin; (sense 4) borrowed from Late Greek eikṓn, going back to GreekNOTE: Conjectured relationship of the Greek verb with Lithuanian įvỹkti "to happen, occur," pavéikslas "picture, image, example," is now considered doubtful.
icon
noun
variants: also ikon
Synonyms
- a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader //the player's remote control is very user-friendly as it doesn't use any icons that you haven't seen a million times before
- a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) //cites Marlene Dietrich as an icon of old-time Hollywood glamourSynonyms
- a person who is widely known and usually much talked about //a sports bar filled with photos of icons from football, basketball, and baseballSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms
- a two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing //any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religionSynonyms
icon
variants: or less commonly ikon
plural icons also ikons
Definition
- : a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere //a civil rights icon //an actor and fashion icon //… Purple Rain, the flick that established Prince as a pop icon and cineaste. — Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell //That cultural icon, the Nintendo Game Boy, was released in 1989 … — Eleanor Flegg
- : emblem, symbol //… Rosie the Riveter, with her machine-shop suit, … her bicep flexed and bared, became a national icon defining the new nature of “women's work.” — Page Law //A single photograph, the photograph of Earth taken from space by William Anders, on Apollo 8, in 1968, served as an icon for the entire environmental movement. — Jill Lepore //The nation's first President was transformed into an icon, a national symbol whose somewhat forbidding portrait would adorn the dollar bill. — John J. O'Connor
- : a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save): a sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaningarchaic : a usually pictorial representation : image
- in Eastern Orthodox Christianity : a representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction
Examples
- //Click on the icon to open your e-mail program.
- //He has become an icon in the movie business.
- //a singer who has become a pop icon
- //The Statue of Liberty has become an American cultural icon.
First Known Use
1572, in the meaning defined at sense 3cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin īcon-, īcōn, borrowed from Greek eikon-, eikṓn "representation, image, likeness," derivative from *u̯eik-, the base of the reduplicated perfect éoika "(I) am like, look like, resemble" (Attic infinitive eikénai), of uncertain origin; (sense 4) borrowed from Late Greek eikṓn, going back to GreekNOTE: Conjectured relationship of the Greek verb with Lithuanian įvỹkti "to happen, occur," pavéikslas "picture, image, example," is now considered doubtful.
icon
noun
variants: also ikon
Synonyms
- a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader //the player's remote control is very user-friendly as it doesn't use any icons that you haven't seen a million times before
- a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) //cites Marlene Dietrich as an icon of old-time Hollywood glamourSynonyms
- a person who is widely known and usually much talked about //a sports bar filled with photos of icons from football, basketball, and baseballSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms
- a two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing //any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religionSynonyms
icon
variants: or less commonly ikon
plural icons also ikons
Definition
- : a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere //a civil rights icon //an actor and fashion icon //… Purple Rain, the flick that established Prince as a pop icon and cineaste. — Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell //That cultural icon, the Nintendo Game Boy, was released in 1989 … — Eleanor Flegg
- : emblem, symbol //… Rosie the Riveter, with her machine-shop suit, … her bicep flexed and bared, became a national icon defining the new nature of “women's work.” — Page Law //A single photograph, the photograph of Earth taken from space by William Anders, on Apollo 8, in 1968, served as an icon for the entire environmental movement. — Jill Lepore //The nation's first President was transformed into an icon, a national symbol whose somewhat forbidding portrait would adorn the dollar bill. — John J. O'Connor
- : a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save): a sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaningarchaic : a usually pictorial representation : image
- in Eastern Orthodox Christianity : a representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction
Examples
- //Click on the icon to open your e-mail program.
- //He has become an icon in the movie business.
- //a singer who has become a pop icon
- //The Statue of Liberty has become an American cultural icon.
First Known Use
1572, in the meaning defined at sense 3cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin īcon-, īcōn, borrowed from Greek eikon-, eikṓn "representation, image, likeness," derivative from *u̯eik-, the base of the reduplicated perfect éoika "(I) am like, look like, resemble" (Attic infinitive eikénai), of uncertain origin; (sense 4) borrowed from Late Greek eikṓn, going back to GreekNOTE: Conjectured relationship of the Greek verb with Lithuanian įvỹkti "to happen, occur," pavéikslas "picture, image, example," is now considered doubtful.
icon
noun
variants: also ikon
Synonyms
- a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader //the player's remote control is very user-friendly as it doesn't use any icons that you haven't seen a million times before
- a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) //cites Marlene Dietrich as an icon of old-time Hollywood glamourSynonyms
- a person who is widely known and usually much talked about //a sports bar filled with photos of icons from football, basketball, and baseballSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms
- a two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing //any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religionSynonyms