  Lie symmetry analysis is one of the powerful tools to analyze nonlinear
ordinary differential equations. We review the effectiveness of this method in
terms of various symmetries. We present the method of deriving Lie point
symmetries, contact symmetries, hidden symmetries, nonlocal symmetries,
$\lambda$-symmetries, adjoint symmetries and telescopic vector fields of a
second-order ordinary differential equation. We also illustrate the algorithm
involved in each method by considering a nonlinear oscillator equation as an
example. The connections between (i) symmetries and integrating factors and
(ii) symmetries and integrals are also discussed and illustrated through the
same example. The interconnections between some of the above symmetries, that
is (i) Lie point symmetries and $\lambda$-symmetries and (ii) exponential
nonlocal symmetries and $\lambda$-symmetries are also discussed. The order
reduction procedure is invoked to derive the general solution of the
second-order equation.
