sign | (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, signed |
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(noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: signboard |
(noun) a public display of a message | - |
(noun) a gesture that is part of a sign language | - |
(noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: signal, signaling, signalling |
(noun) a character indicating a relation between quantities | - |
(noun) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) | Synonyms: mark |
(noun) a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified | - |
(noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, foretoken, preindication |
(noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: house, mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
(noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: polarity |
(noun) (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease | - |
(verb) be engaged by a written agreement | - |
(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize |
(verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: subscribe |
(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: bless |
(verb) communicate in sign language | - |
(verb) place signs, as along a road | - |
(verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: ratify |
(verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up |
signage | (noun) signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters) | - |
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signal | (adjective) notably out of the ordinary | - |
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(noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signaling, signalling |
(noun) any incitement to action | - |
(noun) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | - |
(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signalise, signalize |
(verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point |
signaler | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaller |
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signaling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalling |
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signalisation | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalization |
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signalise | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalize |
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(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalize |
(verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalize |
(verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalize |
signalization | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalisation |
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signalize | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalise |
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(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalise |
(verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalise |
(verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalise |
signaller | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaler |
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signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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signally | (adverb) in a signal manner | Synonyms: remarkably, unmistakably |
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(adverb) as a signal | - |
signalman | (noun) a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard | - |
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signatory | (noun) someone who signs and is bound by a document | Synonyms: signer |
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signature | (noun) a distinguishing style | Synonyms: touch |
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(noun) your name written in your own handwriting | - |
(noun) a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book | - |
(noun) the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key | Synonyms: key signature |
(noun) a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program | Synonyms: signature tune, theme song |
signboard | (noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: sign |
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signed | (adjective) having a handwritten signature | - |
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(adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, sign |
signer | (noun) someone who signs and is bound by a document | Synonyms: signatory |
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(noun) someone who can use sign language to communicate | - |
signet | (noun) a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) | - |
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significance | (noun) the quality of being significant | - |
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(noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | Synonyms: implication, import |
(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, signification |
significant | (adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: important |
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(adjective) too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation | - |
(adjective) of considerable importance, size, or worth | Synonyms: substantial |
(adjective) rich in significance or implication | Synonyms: meaning, pregnant |
significantly | (adverb) in an important way or to an important degree | Synonyms: importantly |
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(adverb) in a significant manner | - |
(adverb) in a statistically significant way | - |
signification | (noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, significance |
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significative | (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, suggestive |
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signified | (noun) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | Synonyms: sense |
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signifier | (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: descriptor, form, word form |
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signify | (verb) convey or express a meaning | - |
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(verb) make known with a word or signal | - |
(verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, mean, stand for |
signing | (noun) language expressed by visible hand gestures | Synonyms: sign language |
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signior | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signor |
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signor | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signior |
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signora | (noun) an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name | - |
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signore | (noun) an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name) | - |
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signorina | (noun) an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name | - |
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signory | (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, seigniory |
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signpost | (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: guidepost |
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(verb) mark with a signpost, as of a path | - |