Sign meaning in English
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Definition
a sign: a notice, a board, a warning; an indication, a signal
When you see a sign that says "stop", it means you have to stop the vehicle.
You're showing signs of improvement. Your work is better than it was two months ago.
The return of your appetite is a good sign of a full recovery.
There's still no sign of Luna. Where is she?
to sign (a document): to write one's name or signature on, to autograph (a document)
I need you to sign here to make the contract official.
to sign (a client to a deal): to hire, to engage the services of (a client for a deal)
a signature: an autograph, an endorsement, a name written in one's own handwriting
Examples
- "For now if you could just sign these papers for me, I'd appreciate that."
- "Look, Icarus, I'll level with you: All I need is some of your sperm in this cup and for you to sign a couple of consent forms. Are you in or out?"
- "I just need you to sign this form-"
- "Bruno : Ah, by the way Horatio, while you are here, I have this little document I need you to sign, nothing important."
- "Marlene : Okay, I'll sign a deal."
- "You would have thought it would have taken more than simply changing - signs to + signs, but apparently this is all Leeson needed to do to give the impression of success for several months' worth of deals."
- "It appears that you neglected to sign the licensing contract for our co-branding deal in duplicate."
- "Just sign this contract with me and you'll be going places!"
- "Then you can sign this contract, and we'll open your account!"
- "Signed copies?"
- "Unless this contract is signed (in duplicate) by tomorrow, we will be forced to withdraw our 2.5 million dollar offer for the branding rights."
- "Please get in touch with me as soon as possible, or better yet fax the contract (signed in duplicate) to my office."
- "however, reactionaries and lunatics are convinced that these are the first signs of an animal revolution."
- "Once that's done, please give everything to Polly and let me know, so that I can sign anything that needs to be signed."
- "Well at least I'll have my stocks, and a signed photograph of Judy Garland."
- "Once that's done, please give everything to Polly and let me know, so that I can sign anything that needs to be signed."
- "You're staying in the guesthouse, so if you just follow the signs past the stables, then take a left after the gazebo, you'll see the sauna."
- "don't want to sign a contract and/or say they would like to be paid in cash."
- "Should any submissions be accepted for the ad, a waiver must be signed by the artist giving the company rights to feature it."
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