Definition of Sign

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Definition of Sign

Sign

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.

An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.

Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.

Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.

A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas.

A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known.

Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.

A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.

A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.

The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.

A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division �, and the like.

An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.

Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.

That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.

To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.

To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.

To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.

To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.

To mark; to make distinguishable.

To be a sign or omen.

To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.

To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.

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Sign Quotations

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
Mark Twain

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Mohandas Gandhi

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.
Friedrich Nietzsche

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
Walt Disney

I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.'
Steven Wright

Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again.
Andy Warhol

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Aristotle

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years."
Erma Bombeck

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg

Sign Translations

sign in Afrikaans is teken, bewys
sign in Danish is underskrive, bevis, tegn
sign in Dutch is voorbode, voorteken, teken
sign in Finnish is merkki
sign in German is Vorzeichen, Wert, unterschreiben, Symbol, Zeichen
sign in Italian is affisso, scudo, firmare, simbolo
sign in Latin is nota, signum
sign in Norwegian is skilt, signere
sign in Portuguese is sinal, prova, aceno, subscrever
sign in Swedish is teckna, skylt, underteckna, vink, signera

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