sign: signification et définitions

Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality.

An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command: gave the go-ahead sign.

Sign language.

A displayed structure bearing lettering or symbols, used to identify or advertise a place of business: a motel with a flashing neon sign outside.

A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command: an EXIT sign above a door; a traffic sign.

A conventional figure or device that stands for a word, phrase, or operation; a symbol, as in mathematics or in musical notation.

An indicator, such as a dropping or footprint, of the trail of an animal: looking for deer sign.

A trace or vestige: no sign of life.

A portentous incident or event; a presage: took the eclipse as a sign from God.

A body manifestation that serves to indicate the presence of malfunction or disease.

One of the 12 divisions of the zodiac, each named for a constellation and represented by a symbol.

To affix one's signature to.

To write (one's signature).

To approve or ratify (a document) by affixing a signature, seal, or other mark: sign a bill into law.

To hire or engage by obtaining a signature on a contract: signed a rookie pitcher for next season; sign up actors for a tour.

To relinquish or transfer title to by signature: signed away all her claims to the estate.

To provide with a sign or signs: sign a new highway.

To communicate with a sign or signs: signed his approval with a nod.

To express (a word or thought, for example) by sign language: signed her reply to the question.

To consecrate with the sign of the cross.

To make a sign or signs; signal.

To use sign language.

To write one's signature.

sign in To record the arrival of another or oneself by signing a register.

sign off To announce the end of a communication; conclude.