signingnoun
uk/ˈsaɪ.nɪŋ/us/ˈsaɪ.nɪŋ/signing noun (WRITING NAME)
[ U ] the act of writing your name on a document to show that you agree with it or accept it:
the signing of the contract/treaty/agreement
[ C ] an occasion when a famous person writes his or her name on something and gives it to someone :
Later ,there will be a poetry reading and book signing for his new volume of poems.
She was invited to autograph signings around the country.
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Signing & signatures
- anon
- cosignatory
- countersign
- John Hancock
- notarize
- sign
- sign (sb) in
- sign (sb) out
- sign (sth) off
- sign for sth
- sign for/with sb
- sign on
- sign sth out
- sign sth over
- signature
- tag
- the undersigned
- witness
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signing noun (SPORT)
[ C ] in sport, a player who has signed a legal agreement to play for a team:
The club's summer signings will take time to settle in.
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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signing noun (SIGN LANGUAGE)
[ U ] the act of using sign language (= hand movements representing words, used by and to people who cannot hear or talk)
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- blow
- bob
- body language
- finger
- gesture
- give sb the finger idiom
- inclination
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- wave sb off
- wave sb/sth down
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