What is the meaning of sign?

noun

• A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened. )
  • usage: "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"
  • synonyms: mark
• A public display of a message.
  • usage: "he posted signs in all the shop windows"
• Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.
  • usage: "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
  • synonyms: signal, signaling
• Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted.
  • usage: "the highway was lined with signboards"
  • synonyms: signboard
• Astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided.
  • synonyms: sign of the zodiac, star sign, mansion, house, planetary house
• Medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease. (
  • usage: "there were no signs of asphyxiation"
• Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges. )
  • usage: "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign"
  • synonyms: polarity
• An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
  • usage: "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"
  • synonyms: augury, foretoken, preindication
• A gesture that is part of a sign language.
• A fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified. "The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary-de Saussure
• A character indicating a relation between quantities.
  • usage: "don't forget the minus sign"

verb

• Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on. )
  • usage: "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
  • synonyms: subscribe
• Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation.
  • usage: "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet"
  • synonyms: ratify
• Be engaged by a written agreement.
  • usage: "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"
• Engage by written agreement.
  • usage: "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
  • synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up
• Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs.
  • usage: "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"
  • synonyms: signal, signalize, signalise
• Place signs, as along a road.
  • usage: "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"
• Communicate in sign language.
  • usage: "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"
• Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate.
  • synonyms: bless

adjective

• Used of the language of the deaf.
  • synonyms: gestural, signed, sign-language