Definitions of signature [ˈsɪg nə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər]

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Definition of 'signature'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) signature
a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.

2.  signature
the act of signing a document.

3.  signature
Music. a sign or set of signs at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key or the time of a piece.

4.  signature
a song, musical arrangement, sound effect, etc., used as a theme identifying a radio or television program.

5.  signature
any unique, distinguishing aspect, feature, or mark.

6.  signature
that part of a physician's prescription that specifies directions for use.

7.  signature
a distinctive characteristic or set of characteristics by which a biological structure or medical condition is recognized.

8.  signature
a printed sheet folded to page size for binding together, with other such sheets, to form a book, magazine, etc.

9.  signature
a mark placed on the first page of every sheet to guide the binder in folding and gathering them.

10. (adj.) signature
serving to identify or distinguish a person, group, etc.:
a signature tune.

Etymology: (1525–35; < ML signātūra a signing, der. of signā(re) to mark, seal)

Definition of 'signature'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) signature
your name written in your own handwriting

2. (noun) touch, signature
a distinguishing style
"this room needs a woman's touch"

3. (noun) signature, signature tune, theme song
a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

4. (noun) key signature, signature
the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

5. (noun) signature
a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book

Definition of 'signature'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) signature
sb's name written by them to officially approve sth
We need your signature here and here.

Definition of 'signature'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) signature
a sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal

2. (verb) signature
especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph

3. (verb) signature
an outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated

4. (verb) signature
a resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease

5. (verb) signature
the designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major

6. (verb) signature
a letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets

7. (verb) signature
the printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures

8. (verb) signature
that part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark)

9. (verb) signature
to mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures

Translation of 'signature'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a signed name That is his signature on the cheque.
Afrikaans: handtekening	Arabic: تَوْقيع	Bulgarian: подпис
Brazilian: assinatura	Czech: podpis	German: die Unterschrift
Danish: underskrift	Greek: υπογραφή	Spanish: firma
Estonian: allkiri	Farsi: امضاء	Finnish: allekirjoitus
French: signature	Hebrew: חֲתִימָה	Hindi: हस्ताक्षर
Croatian: potpis	Hungarian: aláírás	Indonesian: tanda tangan
Icelandic: undirskrift	Italian: firma	Japanese: 署名
Korean: 서명	Lithuanian: parašas	Latvian: paraksts
Malay: tandatangan	Dutch: handtekening	Norwegian: underskrift
Polish: podpis	Persian: امضاء	Pashto: لاس ليك، دستخط، امضا: (مو
Portuguese: assinatura	Romanian: semnătură	Russian: подпись
Slovak: podpis	Slovenian: podpis	Serbian: potpis
Swedish: signatur, namnteckning, u	Thai: ลายเซ็น	Turkish: imza
Taiwanese: 簽名	Ukrainian: підпис	Urdu: دستخط کیا گیا نام
Vietnamese: chữ ký	Chinese: 签名
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