The signing of a document is the act of writing your name to indicate that you agree with what it says or to say that you have been present to witness other people writing their signature.
The agreement provided for the signing of a treaty within 3 months. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A signing is someone who has recently signed a contract agreeing to play for a sports team or work for a record company.
...the salary paid to the club's latest signing.
3. uncountable noun
The signing of a player by a sports team or a group by a record company is the act of drawing up a legal document setting out the length and terms of the association between them.
...Barcelona's signing of Brazilian Neymar. [+ of]
4. uncountable noun
Signing is the use of sign language to communicate with someone who is deaf.
The two deaf actors converse solely in signing.
signing in British English
(ˈsaɪnɪŋ)
noun
1.
a specific set of manual signs used to communicate with deaf people
2.
an act of engaging by written agreement, as a player for a sports team, etc
3.
a person engaged by written agreement
Examples of 'signing' in a sentence
signing
Cutting costs is a priority and signings need to provide exceptional value.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Any manager is going to struggle when most of his key signings do not work out.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There is no excuse now for allowing a long delay to follow the signing of this treaty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
New signings all looked useful and familiarity is certain to bring further improvements.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He made a dozen new signings and it is only natural they will take time to gel.
The Sun (2012)
His return will be like a new signing for the team that has been noticeably weaker in his absence.
The Sun (2009)
How did the new signings look?
The Sun (2013)
Positive'It is a great signing for the club.
The Sun (2008)
It's a tremendous signing for the club.
The Sun (2015)
The club record signing scored just once for the Baggies.
The Sun (2015)
It was typical of Mishcon that he declined an invitation to attend the signing of the treaty.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
No doubt, the signings of a goalkeeper and a striker were high on the agenda.
The Sun (2009)
Five new French signings have bolstered a squad that was beset by difficulty.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The Cockney messiah made it clear he would be in sole charge of signings and team selection as the new boss.
The Sun (2008)
He now admits that he was'a coward' in not taking a tougher stand on player signings.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There are new signings and it will be exciting, especially if we can produce the form we did in the last two months of last season.
The Sun (2012)
So he is keeping his fingers crossed the Spanish giants do not object to their record signing playing on the treacherous pitch here in Andorra tonight.
The Sun (2014)
In other languages
signing
British English: signing NOUN
The signing of a document is the act of writing your name to indicate that you agree with what it says or to say that you have been present to witness other people writing their signature.
Their top priority is the signing of the treaty.
American English: signing
Brazilian Portuguese: assinatura
Chinese: 签署
European Spanish: firma
French: signature
German: Unterzeichnung
Italian: firma
Japanese: 署名
Korean: 조인
European Portuguese: assinatura
Latin American Spanish: firma
All related terms of 'signing'
sign
A sign is a mark or shape that always has a particular meaning , for example in mathematics or music.
book signing
a prearranged and publicized event at which an author signs copies of their latest book, often with individual dedications to purchasers
re-sign
to sign (a document, etc) again
sign in
If you sign in , you officially indicate that you have arrived at a hotel or club by signing a book or form.
sign on
When an unemployed person signs on , they officially inform the authorities that they are unemployed, so that they can receive money from the government in order to live .
sign up
If you sign up for an organization or if an organization signs you up , you sign a contract officially agreeing to do a job or course of study.
sign for
If you sign for something, you officially state that you have received it, by signing a form or book .
sign off
If someone signs off , they write a final message at the end of a letter or they say a final message at the end of a phone conversation . You can say that people such as entertainers sign off when they finish a broadcast .
sign out
to sign (one's name) to indicate that one is leaving a place
sign away
If you sign something away , you sign official documents that mean that you no longer own it or have a right to it.
sign over
If you sign something over , you sign documents that give someone else property , possessions , or rights that were previously yours.
sign a check
When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
sign on for
If you sign on for something, you officially agree to work for an organization or do a course of study by signing a contract or form.