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How to pronounce sign in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms signboard
Type of structure, construction
Has types scoreboard, billboard, shingle, sandwich board, hoarding


the highway was lined with signboards.
Type Words
Synonyms mark
Type of clew, clue, cue
Has types token
Derivation signify


he showed signs of strain.
they welcomed the signs of spring.
Type Words
Synonyms subscribe
Type of write
Has types rubricate
Derivation signature, signer


She signed the letter and sent it off.
Please sign here.
Type Words
Synonyms bless
Type of gesture, gesticulate, motion
Type Words
Synonyms signal, signaling
Type of communication
Has types radiotelegraphic signal, alert, radio beam, distress call, distress signal, dog-ear, drumbeat, electronic signal, radio beacon, high sign, indicator, input, input signal, phone number, output signal, output, number, curfew, all clear, animal communication, whistling, whistle, warning signal, visual signal, time signal, ticktack, beam, telephone number, telegraphic signal, bugle call, symbol, storm signal, starting signal, start, alarm, alarum, retreat, recording
Derivation signify


signals from the boat suddenly stopped.
Type Words
Synonyms contract, sign on, sign up
Type of hire, engage, employ
Has types contract out
Derivation signer


They signed two new pitchers for the next season.
Type Words
Synonyms gestural, sign-language, signed
Type Words
Synonyms augury, foretoken, preindication
Type of experience
Has types presage, prognostic, war cloud, prognostication, omen, prodigy, portent


it was a sign from God.
Type Words
Synonyms ratify
Type of formalize, formalise, validate
Derivation signer


Have you signed your contract yet?.
Type Words
Synonyms signal, signalise, signalize
Type of communicate, intercommunicate
Has types heliograph, whistle, wigwag, flag, semaphore
Derivation signing, signer


He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture.
The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu.
Type Words
Synonyms house, mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign
Type of region, part
Type Words
Synonyms polarity
Type of opposition, oppositeness
Has types positiveness, negativity, positivity, negativeness


charges of opposite sign.
Type Words
Type of mathematical notation
Has types minus sign, radical sign, equal sign, plus sign
Derivation signify


don't forget the minus sign.
Type Words
Type of linguistic unit, language unit


The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.
Type Words
Type of motion, gesture
Derivation signify
Type Words
Type of communication
Has types notice, guidepost, card, bill, posting, signpost, poster, placard, street sign


he posted signs in all the shop windows.
Type Words
Type of undertake, contract
Has types execute, ink, inscribe, indorse, initial, undersign, autograph, countersign, endorse
Derivation signer


He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18.
The soprano signed to sing the new opera.
Type Words
Type of intercommunicate, communicate
Derivation signer


I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin.
Type Words
Type of grounds, evidence
Has types vital sign


there were no signs of asphyxiation.
Type Words
Type of put, lay, pose, place, set, position


sign an intersection.
This road has been signed.

Examples of sign

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Regardless, brands signing up for Instagram is a very good sign for the company.
From the techcrunch.com
The sign was designed to look similar to the one that was in place in the 1940s.
From the tennessean.com
They fan their ears toward the back of their head, which can be a sign of anger.
From the stltoday.com
Cashman, who hasn't hid his desire to sign Lee, plans to be in Braunecker's ear.
From the newsday.com
When people sign the pledge, they have abdicated their objectivity and openness.
From the sacbee.com
As a truthful Fire sign, you're pretty open with people about your true desires.
From the sacbee.com
Republican Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign the bill by the end of the week.
From the denverpost.com
Transactions, however, are on the rise and local brokers say that's a good sign.
From the denverpost.com
Why would someone join my district for example and sign up for a $35,000 salary?
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Gestural: used of the language of the deaf
  • A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"
  • Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
  • A public display of a message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows"
  • Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"
  • Be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"
  • An ampersand (or epershand) "&" is a logogram representing the conjunction word "and".
  • The typographic character @, called the at sign or at symbol, is an abbreviation of the word at or the phrase at the rate of in accounting and commercial invoices (e.g. "7 widgets @ $2 = $14"). Its most common modern use is in e-mail addresses, where it stands for "located at". ...
  • Astrological signs represent twelve equal segments or divisions of the zodiac. According to astrology, celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that the twelve signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic ...