| 释义 |
Noun: signing sIning- Language expressed by visible hand gestures
- sign language
Verb: sign sIn- Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
"She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
- subscribe - Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
"Have you signed your contract yet?"
- ratify - Be engaged by a written agreement
"He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera" - Engage by written agreement
"They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
- contract, sign on, sign up - Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"
- signal, signalize, signalise [Brit] - Place signs, as along a road
"sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" - Communicate in sign language
"I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin" - Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- bless
Derived forms: signings See also: sign away, sign in, signature, signer Type of: communicate, contract, employ, engage, formalise [Brit], formalize, gesticulate, gesture, hire, intercommunicate, language, lay, linguistic communication, motion, place, pose, position, put, set, undertake, validate, write Encyclopedia: Sign Signing |