SIGN
Definition of SIGN
- (noun)a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- (noun)a public display of a message
- (noun)any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- (noun)structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (noun)(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- (noun)(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- (noun)having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- (noun)an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- (noun)a gesture that is part of a sign language
- (noun)a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- (noun)a character indicating a relation between quantities
- (verb)mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- (verb)approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- (verb)be engaged by a written agreement
- (verb)engage by written agreement
- (verb)communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- (verb)place signs, as along a road
- (verb)communicate in sign language
- (verb)make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- (adj)used of the language of the deaf