Definition of signs

"signs" in the noun sense

1. sign, mark

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"

2. sign

a public display of a message

"he posted signs in all the shop windows"

3. signal, signaling, sign

any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

"signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

4. signboard, sign

structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

"the highway was lined with signboards"

5. sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house

astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

6. sign

medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease

"there were no signs of asphyxiation"

7. polarity, sign

having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges

"he got the polarity of the battery reversed"

"charges of opposite sign"

8. augury, sign, foretoken, preindication

an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

"he hoped it was an augury"

"it was a sign from God"

9. sign

a gesture that is part of a sign language

10. sign

a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified

"The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary"

11. sign

a character indicating a relation between quantities

"don't forget the minus sign"

"signs" in the verb sense

1. sign, subscribe

mark with one's signature write one's name (on

"She signed the letter and sent it off"

"Please sign here"

2. sign, ratify

approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

"All parties ratified the peace treaty"

"Have you signed your contract yet?"

3. sign

be engaged by a written agreement

"He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"

"The soprano signed to sing the new opera"

4. sign, contract, sign on, sign up

engage by written agreement

"They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

5. sign, signal, signalize, signalise

communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"

"The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"

6. sign

place signs, as along a road

"sign an intersection"

"This road has been signed"

7. sign

communicate in sign language

"I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"

8. bless, sign

make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection consecrate

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Quotations for signs

I never saw an eye so bright,
And yet so soft as hers;
It sometimes swam in liquid light.
And sometimes swam in tears;
It seemed a beauty set apart
For softness and for signs. [ Mrs. Welby ]

Certain signs precede certain events. [ Cicero ]

Science sees signs; Poetry, the thing signified. [ Hare ]

Look how the world's poor people are amazed at apparitions, signs and prodigies! [ William Shakespeare ]

A really great man is known by three signs - generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, and moderation in success. [ Bismarck ]

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits. [ Epictetus ]

Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent. [ Colton ]

All those observers who have spent their lives in the study of the human heart, know less about the signs of love than the most brainless, yet sensitive woman. [ J. J. Rousseau ]

Grace pays its respects to true intrinsic worth, not to the mere signs and trappings of it, which often only show where it ought to be, not where it really is. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

Love delights in paradoxes. Saddest when it has most reason to be gay, sighs are the signs of its deepest joy, and silence the expression of its yearning tenderness. [ Bovee ]

Leisure and solitude are the best effect of riches, because mother of thought. Both are avoided by most rich men, who seek company and business, which are signs of being weary of themselves. [ Sir W. Temple ]

Great men are the fire-pillars in this dark pilgrimage of mankind; they stand as heavenly signs, ever-living witnesses of what has been, prophetic tokens of what may still be, the revealed, embodied possibilities of human nature. [ Carlyle ]

To be left alone in the wide world with scarcely a friend, - this makes the sadness which, striking its pang into the minds of the young and the affectionate, teaches them too soon to watch and interpret the spirit-signs of their own hearts. [ Hawthorne ]

signs in Scrabble®

The word signs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters signs:

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signs in Words With Friends™

The word signs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words containing the sequence signs

Words that start with signs (1 word)

Words with signs in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving signs

Shorter words in signs

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Longer words containing signs

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