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sign
noun

1. A printed mark with a meaning; a symbol.

Example: a multiplication sign
Thesaurus: emblem, symbol, insigne, insignia, badge, crest.
2. math.
An indication of positive or negative value.
Example: the minus sign
3. A gesture expressing a meaning; a signal.
4. An indication.

Example: signs of improvement
5. A portent or omen; a miraculous token.

Thesaurus: portent, clue, augury, omen, premonition, foreshadowing, harbinger.
6. A board or panel displaying information for public view.
7. A board or panel displaying a shopkeeper's name, trade, etc.
8. A device or symbol indicating an inn, shop, etc, instead of a street number.
9. medicine.
Any external evidence or indication of disease, perceptible to an examining doctor, etc.
10. A trail or track of a wild animal, perceptible to a tracker.
11. astrol.
Any of the twelve parts of the zodiac, bearing the name of, but not coincident with, a constellation.

verb signed, signing

tr & intr
1. To give a signal or indication.
2. To write a signature on something; to confirm one's assent to something with a signature.

Thesaurus: authorize, approve, confirm, endorse, acknowledge.
3. To write (one's name) as a signature.

Example: sign a cheque
tr & intr
4. To employ or become employed with the signing of a contract.

Example: Stoke City have signed a new player
Example: Rush has signed for another team
tr & intr
5. To communicate using sign language.
6. To cross or make the sign of the cross over (oneself or someone else). See also sign of the cross.

Derivative: signer
noun

Etymology: 13c: from French signe, from Latin signum.

Phrasal Verb: sign something away

To give it away or transfer it by signing a legally binding document.

Phrasal Verb: sign in or out

To record one's arrival or departure, eg at work, by signing one's name.

Phrasal Verb: sign someone in

To allow someone, usually a non-member, official entry to enter a club, society, etc by signing one's name.

Phrasal Verb: sign off

To bring a broadcast to an end.To remove oneself from the register of unemployed people.To stop work, etc.To indicate that one does not intend to bid further.

Phrasal Verb: sign someone off

To dismiss them from employment.

Phrasal Verb: sign on

To register as unemployed.To return fortnightly to an unemployment office to sign one's name as a formal declaration that one is still unemployed.

Phrasal Verb: sign someone on

To engage them, eg for work.

Phrasal Verb: sign up

To enrol with an organization, especially the army.To enrol for a task, outing, etc by signing a list.To engage oneself for work by signing a contract.

Phrasal Verb: sign someone up

To engage them for work by signing a contract.