sign

Meaning

1. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
2. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
3. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
4. A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
5. Physical evidence left by an animal.
6. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
7. A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
8. An astrological sign.
9. Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
10. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
11. Sign language in general.
12. A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
13. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.

mark

sign of the zodiac

planetary house

sign-language

put down one’s name

preindication

sign post

virgule

at sign []

put one’s name on

appearing on the surface

bay top shell

character-istic

characteristic mark

having a mark

beck A hint

mute sign

put one’s visa

anything which indicates

secret mark

sign of disease

nucleoskeleton

picket sign

radical sign root symbol

put name

unusual event

distinctive mark

distinguishing mark

good omen

hand signal

index number

negative sign

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪn/

From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English seġn (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum. Partially displaced native token.

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