Sign

Noun

 * 1) also used uncountably A visible indication.
 * Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk.
 * Those clouds show signs of raining soon.
 * Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.
 * Signs of disease are objective, whereas symptoms are subjective.
 * 1) A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
 * The sign in the window said "for rent".
 * 1) A traffic sign.
 * I missed the sign at the corner so I took the wrong turn.
 * 1) A meaningful gesture.
 * I gave them a thumbs-up sign.
 * 1) Any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols.
 * The sharp sign indicates that the pitch of the note is raised a half step.
 * 1)  An astrological sign.
 * Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise.
 * 1)  Positive or negative polarity.
 * I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong.
 * 1) A linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
 * What's the sign for "computer"?
 * 1)  sign language in general
 * Sorry, I don't know sign very well.
 * 1) An omen.
 * "It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said.
 * 1)  A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient.

Derived terms

 * air sign
 * astrological sign
 * earth sign
 * fire sign
 * high sign
 * plus sign
 * minus sign
 * neon sign


 * road sign
 * sign language
 * signs of life
 * star sign
 * street sign
 * traffic sign


 * vital signs
 * water sign

Related terms

 * signage
 * signatory
 * signature
 * signet

Verb

 * 1)  To write one's signature on (a document), thus showing authorship.
 * I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
 * 1)  To give legal consent by writing one's signature.
 * I'm not signing anything without my lawyer present.
 * 1)  To persuade to sign a contract.
 * It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
 * 1)  To write one's signature somewhere.
 * Please sign on the dotted line.
 * 1)   To give autographs.
 * I'm sorry, I don't sign.
 * 1)  To communicate using sign language.
 * I'm learning to sign so I can talk to my new neighbor.
 * 1)  To communicate using (sign langauge).
 * The chimp was taught to sign ASL.

Derived terms

 * sign in
 * sign off
 * sign on
 * sign over
 * sign out
 * sign up
 * sign one's life away / enlist

Related terms

 * signal
 * signature
 * signet
 * signify

Adjectives for Sign
encouraging; mournful; conspicuous; deep-drawn; premonitory; ideographic; ghastly; indubitable; extreme; hopeful; mute; incomprehensible; regretful; fraternal; important; fluttering; perpetual; visible; ambitious; assured; supplementary; watery; subtle; undoubted; geometric; inauspicious; palpable; bursting; celestial; impressive; depressing; labial; creaking; ominous; frantic; peculiar; optimistic; fragrant; lying; visible; eloquent;  translucent;  manifold (pi); fearful; natural; symbolic; cabalistic; physical; doubtful; infallible; obscure; elaborate; mysterious; decreased; useless; evident; abject; imperial; characteristic; affecting; faintest; conclusive; sacred; discernible; lamentable;  perceptible;  talis-manic.

Verbs for Sign
betray—; discern—; drape—; evince—; experience—;  interpret—;   mistakes—s; question—; trace—s; visit—; watch for—; wipe out—; —appears; —characterizes; — glares; —warns.

Adverbs for Sign
legally; formally; perfunctorily; nominally; bindingly; willingly; felicitously.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
From signe:, from  signum:; root uncertain.

Etymology 2
From signer:, from  signare:, from signum:; see sign as a noun.

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: shenjë
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: dzesi
 * Finnish: merkki, osoitus
 * French:
 * Galician: sinal
 * German: ,
 * Greek: σημάδι
 * Hebrew: ,


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 印 (shirushi)
 * Korean: 신호 (sinho)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: signum
 * Macedonian:
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సూచన (soocana)
 * Turkish: işaret
 * Welsh:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Greek: σήμα


 * Irish: fógra
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: skylt


 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Bulgarian: знак
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: trafiksigno
 * Finnish:
 * French: panneau de signalisation
 * Galician: sinal


 * Greek: σήμα
 * Hebrew: שלט תנועה
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: trafikskylt, skylt
 * Telugu: గుర్తు (gurtu)


 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: σήμα


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian:, ишарет
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tecken


 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Dutch: speciaal teken
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tecken


 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Czech:
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 * Finnish:
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 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tecken, stjärntecken
 * Telugu: రాశి (raaSi)


 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Czech:
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 * Esperanto:
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 * German:
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 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tecken
 * Telugu: గుర్తు (gurtu)


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:


 * Finnish: viittoma
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tecken


 * American Sign Language:
 * Dutch:


 * Esperanto: gestlingvo
 * Finnish:


 * Armenian: նշան (nëšan)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: voorteken, teken
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Zeichen, Vorzeichen
 * Greek:, , προμύνημα


 * Hebrew:
 * Macedonian: предзнак
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tecken, järtecken, omen
 * Telugu: శకునం (SakunaM)

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian: aláír
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, サインする
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: потпишува
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: подписыватья, , подписываться , подписаться
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: signera, skriva under


 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
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 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: потпишува
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: skriva på


 * Finnish:


 * French: faire signer


 * Finnish: allekirjoittaa, kirjoittaa nimi
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: потпишува
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: antaa nimikirjoitus
 * French:, donner un


 * Macedonian: потпишува
 * Portuguese:


 * American Sign Language:


 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * gins, ings, nigs, sing, sing., snig