sign




sign - noun

  • a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
  • a public display of a message
  • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
  • structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
  • (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
  • (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
  • having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
  • an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
  • a gesture that is part of a sign language
  • a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
  • a character indicating a relation between quantities

  • sign - verb

    • mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
    • approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
    • be engaged by a written agreement
    • engage by written agreement
    • communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
    • place signs, as along a road
    • communicate in sign language
    • make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

    sign - adjective

    • used of the language of the deaf

    sign - thesaurus

    augury   bless   contract   foretoken   gestural   house   mansion   mark   polarity   preindication   ratify   signal   signaling American English spelling   signalise British English spelling   signalize American English spelling   signboard   signed   subscribe  


    View spelling list ign words and learn about the word sign in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.


    View spelling list Silent g words and learn about the word sign in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 22. Words with silent letters e.g. wrap, comb, sign, knight.

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    Scrabble score for sign

    s is 1 i is 1 g is 2 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 5

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