sign
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(verb) be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera" |
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Related Words: autograph, contract, countersign, endorse, execute, initial, ink, inscribe, undersign, undertake |
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(verb) communicate by a sign or signs; "She signed that she was prepared to come along" |
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Related Words: convey, impart |
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(verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here" |
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Synonyms: subscribe |
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Related Words: write |
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(verb) converse silently and non-verbally; converse in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin" |
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Synonyms: signal, signalize |
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Related Words: communicate, flag, heliograph, intercommunicate, semaphore, whistle, wigwag |
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(verb) place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" |
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Synonyms: contract, fee, sign on, sign up |
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Related Words: contract out, employ, engage, hire |
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(verb) write one's name in token of assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties signed the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?" |
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Synonyms: ratify |
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Related Words: formalize, validate |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: mark |
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Related Words: clew, clue, cue |
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(noun) a public display of a (usually written) message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows" |
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Related Words: bill, card, communication, guidepost, notice, placard, poster, scoreboard, signpost, street sign |
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(noun) a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign" |
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Related Words: equals sign, mathematical notation, minus sign, plus sign |
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(noun) a gesture that is part of a sign language |
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Related Words: gesticulation, gesture, motion |
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(noun) (medical) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphixiation" |
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Related Words: evidence, grounds |
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(satellite adjective) used of the language of the deaf |
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Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, signed |
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(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate |
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Synonyms: bless |
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Related Words: gesticulate, gesture, motion |
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(noun) a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards" |
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Synonyms: signboard |
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Related Words: billboard, construction, hoarding, sandwich board, shingle, structure |
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(noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" |
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Synonyms: augury |
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Related Words: experience, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, war cloud |
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(noun) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
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Synonyms: house, mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac |
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Related Words: Aquarius, Aquarius the Water Bearer, Aries, Aries the Ram, Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Capricon the Goat, Capricorn, Gemini, Gemini the Twins, Leo, Leo the Lion, Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales, Pisces, Pisces the Fishes, Sagittarius, Sagittarius the Archer, Scorpio, Scorpio the Scorpion, Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Virgo, Virgo the Virgin, part, region |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: polarity |
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Related Words: oppositeness, opposition |
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(noun) any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat sudddenly stopped" |
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Synonyms: signal, signaling |
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Related Words: alarm, alarum, alert, all clear, animal communication, beam, bugle call, communication, curfew, distress signal, dog-ear, drumbeat, electronic signal, high sign, indication, indicator, input, input signal, number, output, output signal, phone number, radio beacon, radio beam, radiotelegraphic signal, recording, retreat, start, starting signal, storm signal, symbol, telegraphic signal, telephone number, ticktack, time signal, visual signal, warning signal, whistle, whistling |
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