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sign
English
- 🔊 a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)“he showed signs of strain”
- 🔊 a public display of a message“he posted signs in all the shop windows”
- 🔊 a character indicating a relation between quantities“don't forget the minus sign”
- 🔊 a gesture that is part of a sign language
- 🔊 a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified“The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary”
- 🔊 (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease“there were no signs of asphyxiation”
- 🔊 structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted“the highway was lined with signboards”
- 🔊 an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come“he hoped it was an augury”
- 🔊 having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)“he got the polarity of the battery reversed”
- 🔊 any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message“signals from the boat suddenly stopped”
- 🔊 (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- 🔊 be engaged by a written agreement“He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18”
- 🔊 communicate in sign language“I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin”
- 🔊 mark with one's signature“She signed the letter and sent it off”
- 🔊 communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs“He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture”
- 🔊 place signs, as along a road“sign an intersection”
- 🔊 engage by written agreement“They signed two new pitchers for the next season”
- 🔊 approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation“All parties ratified the peace treaty”
- 🔊 make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection
Spanish
- 🔊 indicio sign
- 🔊 rótulo sign
- 🔊 señal sign
- 🔊 señalizador sign
- 🔊 firmar to sign
- 🔊 signar to sign
- 🔊 auspicio sign, omen
- 🔊 seña sign, indication
- 🔊 signo sign, indication
- 🔊 fichar to sign, to sign up
- 🔊 rubricar to sign, initial, mark
- 🔊 letrero sign, signboard, signpost
- 🔊 rastro sign, trace, vestige, scent
- 🔊 muestra sign, token, display (e.g. of gratitude, of respect, of love)