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sign

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"

a public display of a (usually written) 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"--de Saussure

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"

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

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; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"

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"

place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"

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"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

Synonyms:

• OK,
• Roman candle,
• abandon,
• abnormality,
• accent,
• accent mark,
• accept,
• accredit,
• acute disease,
• adumbration,
• advertisement,
• affection,
• affirm,
• affliction,
• agent,
• agree on terms,
• aid to navigation,
• ailment,
• alarm,
• allergic disease,
• allergy,
• alphabet,
• alphabetic character,
• alphabetize,
• alternate,
• alternative,
• amber light,
• amen,
• analogy,
• announcement,
• approve,
• assign,
• assure,
• atrophy,
• attest,
• attestation,
• augury,
• auspice,
• authenticate,
• authorize,
• autograph,
• back,
• backup,
• bacterial disease,
• badge,
• balefire,
• banner,
• bar,
• basis for belief,
• be sponsor for,
• beacon,
• beacon fire,
• beat the drum,
• bell,
• bell buoy,
• betokening,
• betokenment,
• binary digit,
• birth defect,
• bit,
• blight,
• blinker,
• blue peter,
• body of evidence,
• bond,
• brand,
• broad hint,
• broadside,
• buoy,
• cancel,
• capitalize,
• cardiovascular disease,
• cartouche,
• caution light,
• certify,
• chain of evidence,
• change,
• changeling,
• character,
• characteristic,
• chronic disease,
• cipher,
• circulatory disease,
• close down,
• clue,
• colophon,
• comparison,
• complaint,
• complication,
• condensation trail,
• condition,
• confirm,
• congenital defect,
• consign,
• contract,
• contrail,
• copy,
• cosign,
• counterfeit,
• countersecure,
• countersign,
• course,
• cue,
• custos,
• cypher,
• data,
• datum,
• defect,
• deficiency disease,
• deformity,
• degenerative disease,
• deliver,
• deputy,
• device,
• differentia,
• digit,
• dip,
• direct,
• disability,
• disease,
• disorder,
• dispose of,
• distemper,
• documentation,
• donate,
• dot,
• double,
• dummy,
• earmark,
• emblem,
• employ,
• enchantment,
• endemic,
• endemic disease,
• endocrine disease,
• endorse,
• engage,
• enlist,
• ensign,
• ensure,
• epidemic disease,
• equal,
• equivalent,
• ersatz,
• evidence,
• exchange,
• exchange colors,
• exhibit,
• exponent,
• expression mark,
• fact,
• facts,
• fake,
• fantasy,
• fermata,
• figure,
• fill-in,
• flag,
• flag down,
• flare,
• flash,
• fog bell,
• fog signal,
• fog whistle,
• foghorn,
• foreboding,
• foreshadow,
• foreshadowing,
• foreshowing,
• foretoken,
• foretokening,
• forewarning,
• forgo,
• formalize,
• functional disease,
• fungus disease,
• gastrointestinal disease,
• genetic disease,
• gentle hint,
• gesticulation,
• gesture,
• get rid of,
• ghost,
• ghostwriter,
• give,
• give a signal,
• give permission,
• give the go-ahead,
• give the imprimatur,
• give the nod,
• give thumbs up,
• give up,
• glance,
• glimmer,
• glimmering,
• glosseme,
• go light,
• gong buoy,
• graph,
• grapheme,
• green light,
• grounds,
• grounds for belief,
• guarantee,
• guaranty,
• hail,
• hail and speak,
• half-mast,
• hallmark,
• handicap,
• heliograph,
• hereditary disease,
• hieroglyph,
• high sign,
• hint,
• hire,
• hoist a banner,
• hold,
• iatrogenic disease,
• icon,
• ideogram,
• ideograph,
• idiosyncrasy,
• illness,
• image,
• imitation,
• implication,
• index,
• indicant,
• indication,
• indicator,
• indisposition,
• infectious disease,
• infirmity,
• initial,
• initials,
• ink,
• inkling,
• innuendo,
• inscribe,
• insignia,
• insinuation,
• insure,
• international alphabet flag,
• international numeral pennant,
• intimation,
• item of evidence,
• join up,
• key signature,
• keynote,
• kick,
• lead,
• leer,
• letter,
• lexeme,
• lexical form,
• lexigraphic character,
• ligature,
• line,
• locum tenens,
• logotype,
• look,
• make a sign,
• make over,
• makeshift,
• malady,
• malaise,
• manifestation,
• mark,
• marker beacon,
• material grounds,
• measure,
• metaphor,
• metonymy,
• metronomic mark,
• miracle,
• monogram,
• morbidity,
• morbus,
• morpheme,
• motion,
• movement,
• muniments,
• muscular disease,
• mute witness,
• neurological disease,
• next best thing,
• nod,
• notarize,
• notation,
• note,
• notice,
• nudge,
• number,
• numeral,
• numero,
• nutritional disease,
• occupational disease,
• omen,
• organic disease,
• pandemic disease,
• parachute flare,
• pass,
• pass on,
• pass upon,
• path,
• pathological condition,
• pathology,
• pause,
• peculiarity,
• permit,
• personnel,
• phonetic character,
• phonetic symbol,
• phony,
• phrase,
• pictographic character,
• picture,
• piece of evidence,
• pilot flag,
• pinch hitter,
• piste,
• placard,
• plant disease,
• poke,
• police whistle,
• portent,
• poster,
• prefiguration,
• preindication,
• premises,
• premonitory shiver,
• premonitory sign,
• premonitory symptom,
• presa,
• present,
• presignifying,
• prodigy,
• prognosis,
• prognostic,
• prognostication,
• promise,
• prompt,
• proof,
• property,
• prophecy,
• protozoan disease,
• proxy,
• psychosomatic disease,
• quarantine flag,
• radio beacon,
• raise a cry,
• ratify,
• reason to believe,
• rebus,
• red flag,
• red light,
• register,
• release,
• relevant fact,
• relief,
• relinquish,
• reminder,
• replacement,
• representation,
• representative,
• reserves,
• respiratory disease,
• retain,
• ringer,
• rocket,
• rockiness,
• rubber stamp,
• sacrifice,
• sailing aid,
• salute,
• sanction,
• say amen to,
• scent,
• seal,
• second,
• second string,
• secondary,
• secondary disease,
• secure,
• seediness,
• segno,
• semaphore,
• semaphore flag,
• semaphore telegraph,
• semasiological unit,
• sememe,
• shadow,
• shake hands,
• shingle,
• show,
• sickishness,
• sickness,
• sigil,
• sign and seal,
• sign away,
• sign for,
• sign off,
• sign on,
• sign over,
• sign up,
• sign up for,
• signal,
• signal beacon,
• signal bell,
• signal fire,
• signal flag,
• signal gong,
• signal gun,
• signal lamp,
• signal light,
• signal mast,
• signal post,
• signal rocket,
• signal shot,
• signal siren,
• signal tower,
• signalize,
• signature,
• signboard,
• signifiant,
• significant,
• signs,
• slur,
• soothsay,
• sound an alarm,
• sound the trumpet,
• spar buoy,
• spares,
• speak,
• sponsor,
• spoor,
• stamp,
• stand behind,
• stand up for,
• stand-in,
• standard,
• stop light,
• strike a bargain,
• sub,
• subscribe,
• subscribe to,
• substituent,
• substitute,
• substitution,
• succedaneum,
• suggestion,
• superseder,
• supplanter,
• support,
• sure sign,
• surrender,
• surrogate,
• suspicion,
• swear and affirm,
• swear to,
• swell,
• syllabic,
• symbol,
• symbolization,
• symptom,
• symptomatology,
• symptomology,
• symptoms,
• syndrome,
• synecdoche,
• take on,
• telltale,
• telltale sign,
• tempo mark,
• term,
• the nod,
• the pip,
• the wink,
• third string,
• tie,
• time signature,
• token,
• tokening,
• touch,
• trace,
• traces,
• track,
• traffic light,
• traffic signal,
• trail,
• trait,
• transcribe,
• transfer,
• transliterate,
• turn over,
• type,
• undersign,
• understudy,
• underwrite,
• unfurl a flag,
• urogenital disease,
• utility player,
• validate,
• vapor trail,
• vestige,
• vicar,
• vice-president,
• vice-regent,
• vinculum,
• virus disease,
• visa,
• vise,
• volunteer,
• waive,
• wake,
• warning,
• warrant,
• wasting disease,
• watch fire,
• wave,
• wave a flag,
• wave the hand,
• whisper,
• white flag,
• wigwag,
• wigwag flag,
• wink,
• witness,
• wonder,
• wonderwork,
• word,
• worm disease,
• writing,
• written character,
• yellow flag