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sign

🎧//saɪn//
🎧//saɪn//

noun

(sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.

I gave them a thumbs-up sign.

    Physical evidence left by an animal.

    The hunters found deer sign at the end of the trail.

      A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.

      I missed the sign at the corner so I took the wrong turn.

        A wonder; miracle; prodigy.


          An astrological sign.

          Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise.

            Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.

            I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong.

              A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.


                Sign language in general.

                Sorry, I don't know sign very well.

                  An omen.

                  "It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said.

                    A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient.


                      A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.