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SIGNIFY (signified)

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• SIGNIFY (verb)
The verb SIGNIFY has 3 senses:

1. denote or connote
2. convey or express a meaning
3. make known with a word or signal

Familiarity information: SIGNIFY used as a verb is uncommon.

• SIGNIFY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Denote or connote

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

signify; stand for; mean; intend

Context examples:

'maison' means 'house' in French / An example sentence would show what this word means

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Convey or express a meaning

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context examples:

These words mean nothing to me! / What does his strange behavior signify?

Hypernyms (to "signify" is one way to...):

intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Make known with a word or signal

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal

Hypernyms (to "signify" is one way to...):

indicate (to state or express briefly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

"You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play".
(English proverb)
"A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass."
(Native American proverb, Sioux)
"Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who takes no chances wins nothing."
(Danish proverb)

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