Dictionary entry details
• SIGNALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with traffic signals
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
signalise; signalize
Context example:
signalize a busy intersection
Hypernyms (to "signalize" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
signal; signalise; signalize; sign
Context examples:
He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture / The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu
Hypernyms (to "signalize" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "signalize"):
wigwag (signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code)
semaphore (send signals by or as if by semaphore)
heliograph (signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays)
flag (communicate or signal with a flag)
whistle (give a signal by whistling)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They signalize the information to them
Meaning:
Point out carefully and clearly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
call attention; point out; signalize; signalise
Hypernyms (to "signalize" is one way to...):
indicate; point; show (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make conspicuous or noteworthy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
distinguish; signalise; signalize
Hypernyms (to "signalize" is one way to...):
mark (designate as if by a mark)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "signalize"):
singularise; singularize (distinguish as singular)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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