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Definition of 'sign'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sign
a token; indication:
Bowing is a sign of respect.

2.  sign
a conventional mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents.

3.  sign
a motion or gesture used to express or convey information, an idea, etc.

4.  sign
an inscribed board, placard, or the like bearing a warning, advertisement, or other information and displayed for public view:
a traffic sign; a store sign.

5.  sign
a trace; vestige:
There wasn't a sign of them.

6.  sign
Usu., signs. traces, as footprints, of a wild animal.

7.  sign
an omen; portent.

8.  sign
an arbitrary or conventional symbol used in musical notation to indicate tonality, tempo, etc.

9.  sign
an objective indication of a disease.

10.  sign
any meaningful gestural unit belonging to a sign language.

11.  sign
a symbol, as + or =, used to indicate a mathematical operation or relation.

12. (v.t.) sign
to affix a signature to:
to sign a letter.

13.  sign
to write as a signature:
to sign one's name.

14.  sign
to engage or hire by written agreement (often fol. by on or up):
to sign a basketball player.

15.  sign
to mark with a sign, esp. the sign of the cross.

16.  sign
to communicate by means of a sign; signal.

17.  sign
to convey (a message) in a sign language.

18. (v.i.) sign
to write one's signature, as a token of agreement, receipt, etc.

19.  sign
to make a sign or signal.

20.  sign
to employ a sign language for communication.

21.  sign
to obligate oneself by signature.

22.  sign
sign away or over, to assign or dispose of by affixing one's signature to a document.

23.  sign
sign in (or out), to record one's arrival (or departure) by signing a register.

24.  sign
sign off,

25.  sign
to cease radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the end of the day.

26.  sign
to indicate one's approval explicitly if not formally.

27.  sign
sign up, to enlist, as in an organization or group.

Etymology: (1175–1225; (n.) ME signe < OF < L signum mark, sign, image; (v.) ME signen < OF signer < L signāre, der. of signum)

Definition of 'sign'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sign, mark
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
"he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"

2. (noun) sign
a public display of a message
"he posted signs in all the shop windows"

3. (noun) signal, signaling, sign
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

4. (noun) signboard, sign
structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
"the highway was lined with signboards"

5. (noun) sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

6. (noun) sign
(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
"there were no signs of asphyxiation"

7. (noun) polarity, sign
having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
"he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign"

8. (noun) augury, sign, foretoken, preindication
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
"he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"

9. (noun) sign
a gesture that is part of a sign language

10. (noun) sign
a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
"The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure

11. (adj) sign
a character indicating a relation between quantities
"don't forget the minus sign"

12. (verb) gestural, sign(a), signed, sign-language(a)
used of the language of the deaf

13. (verb) sign, subscribe
mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
"She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"

14. (verb) sign, ratify
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
"All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

15. (verb) sign
be engaged by a written agreement
"He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"

16. (verb) sign, contract, sign on, sign up
engage by written agreement
"They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

17. (verb) sign, signal, signalize, signalise
communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"

18. (verb) sign
place signs, as along a road
"sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"

19. (verb) sign
communicate in sign language
"I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"

20. (verb) bless, sign
make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

Definition of 'sign'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) sign
an indication that sth is happening, is true, etc.
There was no sign of rain.; a sign of his love for her

2.  sign
a notice with a name or information on it
a road sign; Did you read the sign in the window?

3.  sign
a signal
When you're ready to leave make a sign to me and we'll go.

4.  sign
a written symbol
What's the sign that means "multiply?"

5.  sign
a star sign
"What's your sign?" "I'm a Virgo."

6. (verb) sign
to write your name on sth to approve or show that you wrote it
He signed the letter "James Madison."; Sign the form and return it.; Where should I sign?

7.  sign
to officially accept a sports player or performer as a member of a team or company
to sign a player/artist

8.  sign
to use sign language
I learned how to sign my name.

Definition of 'sign'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sign
that by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof

2. (noun) sign
a remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen

3. (noun) sign
an event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder

4. (noun) sign
something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument

5. (noun) sign
any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture

6. (noun) sign
a word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas

7. (noun) sign
a motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known

8. (noun) sign
hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb

9. (noun) sign
a military emblem carried on a banner or a standard

10. (noun) sign
a lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice

11. (noun) sign
the twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac

12. (noun) sign
a character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division Ö, and the like.

13. (noun) sign
an objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient

14. (noun) sign
any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc

15. (noun) sign
that which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents

16. (noun) sign
to represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify

17. (noun) sign
to make a sign upon; to mark with a sign

18. (noun) sign
to affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting

19. (noun) sign
to assign or convey formally; -- used with away

20. (noun) sign
to mark; to make distinguishable

21. (verb) sign
to be a sign or omen

22. (verb) sign
to make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs

23. (verb) sign
to write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation

Translation of 'sign'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a mark used to mean something; a symbol is the sign for addition.
Afrikaans: teken	Arabic: علامَه، رَمْز	Bulgarian: символ
Brazilian: sinal	Czech: znak, znaménko	German: das Zeichen
Danish: tegn; symbol	Greek: σημείο, σύμβολο	Spanish: señal
Estonian: märk	Farsi: نشانه	Finnish: merkki
French: signe	Hebrew: סִימָן	Hindi: चिह्न
Croatian: znak, simbol	Hungarian: jel	Indonesian: lambang
Icelandic: tákn	Italian: segno	Japanese: 記号
Korean: 기호	Lithuanian: ženklas	Latvian: zīme
Malay: tanda	Dutch: teken	Norwegian: tegn
Polish: znak	Persian: نشانه	Pashto: نښه، رمز، سمبول: اشاره، ز
Portuguese: sinal	Romanian: simbol	Russian: знак
Slovak: znak, znamienko	Slovenian: znamenje	Serbian: znak
Swedish: tecken, symbol	Thai: สัญลักษณ์	Turkish: işaret sembol
Taiwanese: 符號	Ukrainian: знак, символ	Urdu: علامت
Vietnamese: dấu hiệu, kí hiệu	Chinese: 符号
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