signified
the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
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Origin of signified
1Other words from signified
- un·sig·ni·fied, adjective
- Compare signifier.
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Remember when it signified an actual ... “madwoman”, in an actual ... “attic”?
Six Fictional Marriages that Have Gone Very, Very Wrong | Jean Hanff Korelitz | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Milton Ager and Jack Yellow song signified the end of a dark era in American history...and the start of something new.
Marc Jacobs is on Cloud Nine at New York Fashion Week | Erin Cunningham | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo them, that “signified a lack of recovery and inability to move on.”
People Who Have Had Rebound Sex Tell Us Why It Is Awesome | Emily Shire | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople wanted to know what she was wearing, not because it signified anything, but simply because it was on her back.
Ruth could hardly face returning to America and the failure that would have signified.
It signified that he had definitely given up pretending that he had the power of shaking off the obsession.
Uncanny Tales | VariousWithout any training in or natural bent for diplomacy, Aguinaldo had not the faintest idea of what foreign “protection” signified.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBoth signified his death, and the opening up thereby of a way of access to God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThis event, which would have meant so much to any other young man, signified little to Tchaikovsky.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyEven Mr. Pizotti signified his satisfaction with the way in which the play proceeded.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
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