sign

sign: ▪ I. sign sign ¹ [saɪn] verb

1. [intransitive, transitive] BANKING to write your signature on a letter, document, or cheque:

• The customer must sign the traveller's cheque in front of the cashier.

2. sign an agreement/contract COMMERCE to show formally that you agree to do something, by signing a legal document:

• In September, the company signed a contract to produce two million doses of the vaccine.

3. signed and sealed/signed, sealed, and delivered with all the necessary legal documents agreed and signed:

• The agreement is not signed and sealed yet.

sign on phrasal verb

1. [intransitive] BrE to go to your local job centre and sign a form which states officially that you are unemployed, so that you can get money from the government:

• Childcare Allowance is available only for married women whose children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months.

2. [intransitive, transitive] sign somebody → on if you sign on, or sign someone on, you sign or persuade someone to sign a document agreeing to do something, for example accepting a job, studying on a course, or becoming involved in a business deal:

• Two more members of staff were signed on full-time.

sign on as

• Jacobs signed on as a junior attorney with a Santa Rosa law firm.

sign on to

• The corporation is deciding whether to sign on to a deal to build a new U.S. manufacturing plant to compete with the French.

3. [intransitive] COMPUTING to start using a computer system, the Internet, or to go to a website:

• You'll need to type in your password to sign on to the network.

• The Internet has strange economics; individual users are charged for signing on, but can then surf the net for nothing.
— compare log ➔ log¹

[m0] ▪ II. sign sign ² noun [countable]

1. a piece of paper, metal etc in a public place, with words or drawings on it that give people information, warn them not to do something etc:

• a no smoking sign

2. a picture, shape etc that has a particular meaning:

• For some reason the computer can't display the dollar sign.

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sign UK US /saɪn/ verb

► [I or T] to write your name, usually on a written or printed document, for example to show that you agree with its contents or have written or created it yourself: sign a contract/agreement/declaration »We've already agreed the details and I just need to sign a contract.
»sign a letter/form/cheque
»Please sign your name below if you are available to help.
»Sign here please.

● signed and sealed — Cf. signed and sealed

● sign on the dotted line — Cf. sign on the dotted line

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sign UK US /saɪn/ noun [C]

► a flat object giving information, directions, a warning, etc.: »The store had a handwritten sign in the window.
»A sign advertising the closing-down sale was clearly visible from the road.
»road/shop/street signs

► a written or printed mark that has a standard meaning: »+ is the plus sign and % is the percentage sign.

► something that shows that something else exists or might happen or exist in the future: a sign of sth »His inability to handle the situation is a sure sign of weakness.
a sign that »There are signs that the economy is improving
»Neither side is showing signs of backing down.
»All the signs are that the worst is over.

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Synonyms:

Token, mark, note, indication, proof, index, symptom, manifestation, symbol, emblem, Signify, indicate / Signal, beacon, Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to / Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic, auspice, foreboding, omen / Symbol, type / Cognizance, note / Signature

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Sign-on — (or startup) is the term used to describe the beginning of operations for a television station. It is the opposite to a sign off (or closedown).As with sign offs, sign ons vary from country to country, and from station to station.North AmericaIn… … Wikipedia
sign — [sīn] n. [ME signe < OFr < L signum, a mark, token, prob. < base of secare, to cut (see SAW1): orig. sense prob. “incised mark”] 1. something that indicates a fact, quality, etc.; indication; token [black as a sign of mourning] 2. a) a… … English World dictionary
Sign — Sign, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. {Ensign}, {Resign}, {Seal} a stamp, {Signal}, {Signet}.] That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sign — n 1 Sign, mark, token, badge, note, symptom can denote a sensible and usually visible indication by means of which something not outwardly apparent or obvious is made known or revealed. Sign is the most comprehensive of these terms, being… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Sign — Single par Brown Eyed Girls Face A Sign (Japanese version) Face B Love is… (Jea Miryo) Sortie 26 janvier 2011 … Wikipédia en Français
Sign — Sign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signing}.] [OE. seinen to bless, originally, to make the sign of the cross over; in this sense fr. ASS. segnian (from segn, n.), or OF. seignier, F. signer, to mark, to sign (in sense 3), fr. L … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sign — vt 1: to affix a signature to: ratify or attest by hand or seal sign a bill into law; specif: to write or mark something (as a signature) on (a document) as an acknowledgment of one s intention to be bound by it 2: to assign or convey formally… … Law dictionary
sign — ► NOUN 1) a thing whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence, occurrence, or advent of something else. 2) a signal, gesture, or notice conveying information or an instruction. 3) a symbol or word used to represent something in… … English terms dictionary
sign in — {v.} To write your name on a special list or in a record book to show that you are present. * /Every worker must sign in when coming back to work./ * /Teachers go to the office and sign in each morning before going to their classrooms./ Contrast… … Dictionary of American idioms
sign in — {v.} To write your name on a special list or in a record book to show that you are present. * /Every worker must sign in when coming back to work./ * /Teachers go to the office and sign in each morning before going to their classrooms./ Contrast… … Dictionary of American idioms
sign — [n1] indication, evidence assurance, augury, auspice, badge, beacon, bell, caution, clue, divination, flag, flash, foreboding, foreknowledge, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, gesture, giveaway, handwriting on wall*, harbinger, herald, high… … New thesaurus

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