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signify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | indicate |
| Derivation | significant |
Examples of signify
signify
Meanwhile, Marcus gave Eric a gift to signify their new father-son relationship.
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The numbers signify that decades of pregnancy prevention efforts are paying off.
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This is the origin of the name Farsi as it is today used to signify New Persian.
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A change in GRACE data can signify a change in mass, such as a receding glacier.
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There is a common method of using of one hand to signify the numbers one to ten.
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Hyphens in Chippewa signify the break between a stem and a pre-noun or pre-verb.
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Associating a paper with white may signify clean facts and unbiased information.
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Lafayette, at the head of the column, carried a red flag to signify martial law.
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It will signify the progress the program has made since the Billy Gillispie era.
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- Mean: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
- Convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
- Make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"
- (signification) meaning: the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
- Signify is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in September, 1996. It was the first album that frontman Steven Wilson recorded with a full group of musicians on board from the beginning. ...
- (Signifying) Signifyin(g) (vernacular) is a practice in African American culture, involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words.
- (signified) The concept or idea evoked by a sign
- (Signifying) Term from semiotics that describes the method through which meaning is created with arbitrary signs.
- (Signifying) elaborate word games played out in African American vernacular tradition, also called "playing the dozens," saying one thing to mean another in a bragging fashion.
