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signify

[ sig-nuh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

signified, signifying.
  1. to make known by signs, speech, or action.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to be a sign of; mean; portend.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



verb (used without object)

signified, signifying.
  1. to be of importance or consequence.

signify

/ 藞蝉瑟伞苍瑟藢蹿补瑟 /

verb

  1. tr to indicate, show, or suggest
  2. tr to imply or portend

    the clouds signified the coming storm

  3. tr to stand as a symbol, sign, etc (for)
  4. informal.
    intr to be significant or important
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉颈驳苍颈藢蹿颈别谤, noun
  • 藞蝉颈驳苍颈藢蹿颈补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉颈驳顎僴颈路蹿颈顎卆路产濒别 adjective
  • un路蝉颈驳顎僴颈路蹿颈顎卆路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of signify1

First recorded in 1200鈥50; Middle English signifien, from Old French signifier, from Latin 蝉颈驳苍颈蹿颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o make a sign, indicate, mention, denote鈥; equivalent to sign + -ify
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of signify1

C13: from Old French signifier, from Latin 蝉颈驳苍颈蹿颈肠腻谤别, from signum a sign, mark + facere to make
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Example Sentences

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The Ayrton Light is switched on to signify that either the House of Lords or the House of Commons are sitting.

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Boeing鈥檚 plight is just one aspect of a White House tariff policy that increasingly resembles, as Shakespeare might have put it, 鈥渁 tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.鈥

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It can signify poverty, but, as Oyelowo points out, it can also suggest resourcefulness, the ability to create and improvise something new and unexpected out of the available ingredients.

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More than seven out of 10 registered voters took part in the poll, which the authorities and some observers hailed as signifying the election took place transparently and peacefully.

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This short and gripping thriller nails its Oxford English definition 鈥 鈥渢he activity of fighting a war鈥 鈥 while stripping away the clich茅s that have come to signify a Hollywood war movie.

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