sign
签名,符号,标志,签署
Related Words
Definitions
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- : a token; indication.
- : any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning.
- : a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents.
- : a motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command, decision, etc.: Her nod was a sign that it was time to leave.
- : a notice, bearing a name, direction, warning, or advertisement, that is displayed or posted for public view: a traffic sign; a store sign.
- : a trace; vestige: There wasn't a sign of them.
- : an arbitrary or conventional symbol used in musical notation to indicate tonality, tempo, etc.
- : Medicine/Medical. the objective indications of a disease.
- : any meaningful gestural unit belonging to a sign language.
- : an omen; portent: a sign of approaching decadence.
- : sign of the zodiac.
- : sign language.
- : Usually signs. traces, as footprints, of a wild animal.
Phrases
- sign in
- sign off
- sign on
- sign one's own death warrant
- sign on the dotted line
- sign out
- sign over
- sign up
- high sign
- show signs of
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It’s the most precaution Valderruten has taken before a first date, and it’s a sign of how much the singles scene has changed in the past year.
The fact that I was even thinking that was a sign of how you start doubting your whole reality.
The stormy pattern shows no signs of stopping, with four more chances for wintry precipitation over the next week.
Senior aides to the impeachment managers’ team claim they are seeing signs that some Republicans may be wavering and might be convinced to vote for a conviction.
In a true sign that the Politico of 2021 is not the Politico of, say, 2008, the Playbook crew didn’t publish the story 30 seconds after asking for comment.
They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
It was hard not to take it as a sign, a personal comment on my own Jewish dating failings.
If he did, it could be a sign that our politicians are ready to resume genuine policy-making across party lines.
President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”
Even then, most of us doubted he would show up and actually sign the papers allowing him to enter the 1992 New Hampshire primary.
Its continued presence in pulmonary tuberculosis is, however, a grave prognostic sign, even when the physical signs are slight.