Signify

['sɪgnɪfaɪ] or ['sɪɡnɪfaɪ]

Definition

(verb.) convey or express a meaning; 'These words mean nothing to me!'; 'What does his strange behavior signify?'.

(verb.) make known with a word or signal; 'He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal'.

Typist: Nadine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present.

(n.) To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

Typist: Shelby

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate, indicate, purport.[2]. Express, declare, proclaim, make known.

v. n. Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.

Edited by Ingram

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Portend, purport, prognosticate, mean, represent, indicate, communicate,denote, betoken, declare, utter, forebode, presage

ANT:Conceal, suppress, misindicate, misdenote, nullify, refute, neutralize,preclude

Typist: Nadine

Definition

v.t. to make known by a sign or by words: to mean: to indicate or declare: to have consequence.—v.i. to be of consequence:—pa.t. and pa.p. sig′nifīed.—adj. Sig′nifiable that may be signified or represented by symbols.—n. Signif′icance that which is signified: meaning: importance: moment—also Signif′icancy.—adj. Signif′icant signifying: expressive of something: standing as a sign.—adv. Signif′icantly.—ns. Signif′icate in logic one of several things signified by a common term; Significā′tion act of signifying: that which is signified: meaning.—adj. Signif′icātive signifying: denoting by a sign: having meaning: expressive.—adv. Signif′icātively in a significative manner: so as to betoken by an external sign.—ns. Signif′icātiveness the quality of being significative; Signif′icātor one who signifies: (astrol.) a planet ruling a house.—adj. Signif′icatory.

Editor: Mary

Examples

Editor: Noreen

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