<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Linguistics: A symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, such as an arrow symbol to represent direction.</li><li>A symbol that substitutes for a word or phrase, such as 7, =, or &amp;; a logogram.</li><li>Synonyms: specimen, sample, standard, pattern, model, example.</li></ul>