signature

Meaning

Noun

1. A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
2. An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.
3. The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
4. Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
5. A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
6. A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
7. Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
8. (figuratively) A mark or sign of implication.
9. A distinguishing feature or product.
10. A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
11. (obsolete) A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
12. (Internet) Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details.

Adj

Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

Synonyms

autograph

sign

key signature

handwriting

subscription

touch

signature tune

theme song

mark

indorsement

initial

endorsement

signing

entry

figure

forename

gathering

given name

grip

hand

✋

index

index number

indication

indicator

laying on

name

paw

proper name

proper noun

register

registry

sealing

section

sheet

signal

signaling

signum

sine

squiggle

stamp

symbol

title

token

touching

wing

🪽

write

✍️

sign and seal

denotement

appellation

signature of a feature

Translations

signature

Unterschrift

firma

firma

assinatura

Signatur

υπογραφή

handtekening

imza

ondertekening

segnatura

Autogramm

signatura

autographe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”).