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Sign

noun

1.

A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened). Synonym: mark. "They welcomed the signs of spring"

2.

A public display of a message.

3.

Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message. Synonyms: signal, signaling.

4.

Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted. Synonym: signboard.

5.

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

6.

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease.

7.

Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges). Synonym: polarity. "Charges of opposite sign"

8.

An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. Synonyms: augury, foretoken, preindication. "It was a sign from God"

9.

A gesture that is part of a sign language.

10.

A fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified.

11.

A character indicating a relation between quantities.

verb

(past & past part. signed; pres. part. signing)

1.

Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on). Synonym: subscribe. "Please sign here"

2.

Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation. Synonym: ratify. "Have you signed your contract yet?"

3.

Be engaged by a written agreement. "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"

4.

Engage by written agreement. Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up.

5.

Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs. Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize. "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"

6.

Place signs, as along a road. "This road has been signed"

7.

Communicate in sign language.

8.

Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate. Synonym: bless.

adjective

1.

Used of the language of the deaf. Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, signed.

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"Sign" Quotes from Famous Books

... | important. "The heavens declare the | glory of God, and the firmament | showeth his handworks": this verse | from the Psalms (18,2) is quoted by | Bacon several times. The image of the | world, immediately after the Word, is | a sign of the divine wisdom and | power, and yet the Scriptures do not | call the world ,"the image of God," | but regard it only as "the work of | his hands," neither do they speak of | any image of God other than man. | Theology is concerned with knowing | the book of the word of ...

— Valerius Terminus: of the Interpretation of Nature • Sir Francis Bacon

... the pursuit of this all-important "knowledge of GOD" than the too-much neglected "Song of Solomon." Like other portions of the Word of GOD, this book has its difficulties. But so have all the works of GOD. Is not the fact that they surpass our unaided powers of comprehension and research a "sign-manual" of divinity? Can feeble man expect to grasp divine power, or to understand and interpret the works or the providences of the All-wise? And if not, is it surprising that His Word also needs superhuman wisdom for its interpretation? Thanks be to GOD, the illumination ...

— Union And Communion - or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon • J. Hudson Taylor

... them no sign of recognition. I was laying my plans to get out of there as speedily as possible. I was now practically certain that I had uncovered the hiding-place of a gang of horse-thieves who could have no possible reason to feel anything but hostility toward ...

— An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) • Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)

... leaning forward. But it was not at Hardiman that Escobar was looking. His eyes were fixed warily on Hillyard. He answered the question warily too, fragment by fragment, ready to stop, ready to take the words back, if a sign of recollection kindled ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... she was waking or sleeping. The astounding suddenness of the consciousness which had come to her now seemed to stun both her body and her mind. She made no sign, however, as she sat absolutely still, and her companion ...

— A Manifest Destiny • Julia Magruder

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