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sign

  [sahyn]
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–noun
1. a token; indication.
2. any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning.
3. a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents.
4. 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.
5. a notice, bearing a name, direction, warning, or advertisement, that is displayed or posted for public view: a traffic sign; a store sign.
6. a trace; vestige: There wasn't a sign of them.
7. an arbitrary or conventional symbol used in musical notation to indicate tonality, tempo, etc.
8. Medicine/Medical. the objective indications of a disease.
9. any meaningful gestural unit belonging to a sign language.
10. an omen; portent: a sign of approaching decadence.
11. sign of the zodiac.
12. sign language (def. 1).
13. Usually, signs. traces, as footprints, of a wild animal.
14. Mathematics.
a. a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating addition or subtraction.
b. a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating the positive or negative value of a quantity, as an integer.
c. multiplication sign.
d. division sign.
e. a symbol, as or !, used to indicate a radical or factorial operation.
–verb (used with object)
15. to affix a signature to: to sign a letter.
16. to write as a signature: to sign one's name.
17. to engage by written agreement: to sign a new player.
18. to mark with a sign, esp. the sign of the cross.
19. to communicate by means of a sign; signal: He signed his wish to leave.
20. to convey (a message) in a sign language.
21. Obsolete. to direct or appoint by a sign.
–verb (used without object)
22. to write one's signature, as a token of agreement, obligation, receipt, etc.: to sign for a package.
23. to make a sign or signal: He signed to her to go away.
24. to employ a sign language for communication.
25. to obligate oneself by signature: He signed with another team for the next season.
—Verb phrases
26. sign away or over, to assign or dispose of by affixing one's signature to a document: She signed over her fortune to the church.
27. sign in (or out) to record or authorize one's arrival (or departure) by signing a register.
28. sign off,
a. to withdraw, as from some responsibility or connection.
b. to cease radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the end of the day.
c. Informal. to become silent: He had exhausted conversation topics and signed off.
d. to indicate one's approval explicitly if not formally: The president is expected to sign off on the new agreement.
29. sign on,
a. to employ; hire.
b. to bind oneself to work, as by signing a contract: He signed on as a pitcher with a major-league team.
c. to start radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the beginning of the day.
d. Computers. log1 (def. 17a).
30. sign up, to enlist, as in an organization or group; to register or subscribe: to sign up for the navy; to sign up for class.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME signe < OF < L signum mark, sign, ensign, signal, image; (v.) ME signen to mark with a sign, esp. the sign of the cross < OF signer < L signāre to mark with a sign, inscribe, affix a seal to, deriv. of signum

Related forms:
signless, adjective
signlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. trace, hint, suggestion. 1, 4. signal. 10. indication, hint, augury. Sign, omen, portent name that which gives evidence of a future event. Sign is a general word for whatever gives evidence of an event—past, present, or future: Dark clouds are a sign of rain or snow. An omen is an augury or warning of things to come; it is used only of the future, in general, as good or bad: birds of evil omen. Portent, limited, like omen, to prophecy of the future, may be used of a specific event, usually a misfortune: portents of war.
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Word Origin & History

sign  (v.)
c.1305, "to make the sign of the cross," from O.Fr. signer, from L. signare, from signum (see sign (n.)). Sense of "to mark, stamp" is attested from c.1350; that of "to affix one's name" is from 1477. Meaning "to communicate by sign language" is recorded from 1700.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sign
Function: transitive verb
1 : to affix a signature to : ratify or attest by hand or seal <sign a bill into law>; specifically : to write or mark something (as a signature) on (a document) as an acknowledgment of one's intention to be bound by it
2 : to assign or convey formally <signed the property over to his brother> —sign·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sign
Pronunciation: 'sIn
Function: noun
1 : one of a set of gestures used to represent language
2 : an objectiveevidence of disease especially as observed and interpreted by the physician rather than by the patient or lay observer sign of arteriosclerosis> —see BRUDZINSKI SIGN, CHVOSTEK'S SIGN HOMANS' SIGN KERNIG SIGN, PHYSICAL SIGN, PLACENTAL SIGN, ROMBERG'S SIGN TINEL'S SIGN VITAL SIGNS, VON GRAEFE'S SIGN; —compareSYMPTOM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

sign (sīn)
n.

  1. See symptom.

  2. Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality.

  3. A trace or vestige, as of disease or life.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Science Dictionary
sign   (sīn)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A body manifestation, usually detected on physical examination or through laboratory tests or xrays, that indicates the presence of abnormality or disease. Compare symptom.

  2. See symbol. See Table at symbol.


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