DICTOMETER

UNDERTEGNE (Norwegian for "sign")

(sign, firmar)

1. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   • Mark
   Definitions:
   • a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
   Examples:
   • He showed signs of strain
   • They welcomed the signs of spring
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • a public display of a message
   Examples:
   • He posted signs in all the shop windows
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Signal
   • Signaling
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
   Examples:
   • Signals from the boat suddenly stopped
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Signboard
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
   Examples:
   • The highway was lined with signboards
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Sign of the zodiac
   • Star sign
   • Sign
   • Mansion
   • House
   • Planetary house
   Definitions:
   • (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
   Examples:
   • There were no signs of asphyxiation
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Polarity
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
   Examples:
   • He got the polarity of the battery reversed
   • Charges of opposite sign
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Augury
   • Sign
   • Foretoken
   • Preindication
   Definitions:
   • an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
   Examples:
   • He hoped it was an augury
   • It was a sign from God
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • a gesture that is part of a sign language
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Sign
    Definitions:
    • a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
    Examples:
    • The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Sign
    Definitions:
    • a character indicating a relation between quantities
    Examples:
    • Don't forget the minus sign
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   • Subscribe
   Definitions:
   • mark with one's signature
   • write one's name (on)
   Examples:
   • She signed the letter and sent it off
   • Please sign here
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   • Ratify
   Definitions:
   • approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
   Examples:
   • All parties ratified the peace treaty
   • Have you signed your contract yet?
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • be engaged by a written agreement
   Examples:
   • He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18
   • The soprano signed to sing the new opera
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   • Contract
   • Sign on
   • Sign up
   Definitions:
   • engage by written agreement
   Examples:
   • They signed two new pitchers for the next season
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   • Signal
   • Signalize
   • Signalise
   Definitions:
   • communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
   Examples:
   • He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture
   • The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • place signs, as along a road
   Examples:
   • Sign an intersection
   • This road has been signed
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • communicate in sign language
   Examples:
   • I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Bless
   • Sign
   Definitions:
   • make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection
   • consecrate
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Gestural
   • Sign
   • Signed
   • Sign-language
   Definitions:
   • used of the language of the deaf
   Antonyms:
   • Uncommunicative
   • Incommunicative