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verb
- 1. be an indication of: "this decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities" Similar
- 2. (among black Americans) exchange boasts or insults as a game or ritual: informal US "I wasn't signifying at her"
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SIGNIFY definition: 1. to be a sign of something; to mean: 2. to make something known; to show: 3. to have importance…. Learn more.
Signify basically means "to make a sign or signal". One of its synonyms is indicate; the index finger is the finger you point with, so to indicate is essentially to point to something. Significant means "important" and significance means "importance;" similarly, insignificant means "unimportant" and insignificance means "lack of importance".
SIGNIFY meaning: 1. to be a sign of something; to mean: 2. to make something known; to show: 3. to have importance…. Learn more.
[transitive] to do something to make your feelings, intentions, etc. known. signify something She signified her approval with a smile. The jury signify their verdict by a show of hands. In 2007 Spain signified its desire to join the Council. signify that… He nodded to signify that he agreed.
verb (used with object) , sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing. to make known by signs, speech, or action. Synonyms: indicate, express, signal. to be a sign of; mean; portend. Synonyms: imply, betoken, denote, indicate, represent.
If you signify something, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning.
sig·ni·fy. (sĭg′nə-fī′) v. sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing, sig·ni·fies. v.tr. 1. To denote; mean: A red traffic light signifies that traffic must stop. 2. To be a sign or indication of; suggest or imply: The test results will signify how serious the problem is.
To signify means to "mean." When Paul Revere looked for the lanterns in the church tower, he knew that one would signify that the British were coming by land and two would indicate that they were coming by sea. When objects are endowed with symbolic meaning, they are said to signify things.
to be a sign of something: Red signifies danger. These lines on the road - what do they signify? (Definition of signify from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of signify. in Chinese (Traditional) 意指, 表示, 意味著… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 意指, 表示, 意味着… See more. in Spanish. significar… See more.
To be a sign or indication of; mean. The rags that signify their poverty. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To have meaning or importance; be significant; matter. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To show or make known, as by a sign, words, etc. To signify approval by saying “aye”.
