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semaphore noun /ˈseməfɔː(r)/ /ˈseməfɔːr/ [uncountable] jump to other results - a system for sending signals in which you hold your arms or two flags in particular positions to represent different letters of the alphabet
Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting a signalling apparatus): from French sémaphore, formed irregularly from Greek sēma ‘sign’ + -phoros.
semaphore verb /ˈseməfɔː(r)/ /ˈseməfɔːr/ [intransitive, transitive] jump to other results - semaphore (something) | semaphore that… to send a message to somebody by semaphore or a similar system of signals
Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting a signalling apparatus): from French sémaphore, formed irregularly from Greek sēma ‘sign’ + -phoros.
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