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- [sahyn]
- /saɪn/
- /saɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahyn]
- /saɪn/
Definitions of sign word
- noun sign a token; indication. 1
- noun sign any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning. 1
- noun sign a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents. 1
- noun sign 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. 1
- noun sign a notice, bearing a name, direction, warning, or advertisement, that is displayed or posted for public view: a traffic sign; a store sign. 1
- noun sign a trace; vestige: There wasn't a sign of them. 1
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Origin of sign
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English signe < Old French < Latin signum mark, sign, ensign, signal, image; (v.) Middle English signen to mark with a sign, especially the sign of the cross < Old French signer < Latin signāre to mark with a sign, inscribe, affix a seal to, derivative of signum
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sign
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sign popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sign usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sign
verb sign
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- act out — If you act out an event which has happened, you copy the actions which took place and make them into a play.
- admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
noun sign
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- affiche — a poster or advertisement, esp one drawn by an artist, as for the opening of an exhibition
- alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
Antonyms for sign
verb sign
- call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
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