sign
/saɪn/ verb B1- To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
- To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
- More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. · I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
- To write (one's name) as a signature. · Just sign your name at the bottom there.· I received a letter from some woman who signs herself ‘Mrs Trellis’.
- To write one's signature. · Please sign on the dotted line.
- To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
- To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. · It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
- To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
Plural sign · He/she/it signs · Past signed · Past participle signed · -ing form signing
Verb forms
- Base form
- sign
- He/she/it
- signs
- Past
- signed
- Past participle
- signed
- -ing form
- signing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- sign away To give up something, such as a right or possession, by s...
- sign in To sign one's name on a list when entering a place, to in...
- sign off To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especi...
- sign on To join something, after signing.
- sign onto Synonym of sign on.
- sign out To sign one's name as an indication that one is leaving s...
- sign over To transfer (property or rights) to somebody else by sign...
- sign up To add a name to the list of people who are participating...
From the library
Akela the Lone Wolf lay by the side of his rock as a sign that the leadership of the Pack was open, and Shere Khan with his following of scrap-fed wolves walked to and fro openly being flattered.
When a snake misses its stroke, it never says anything or gives any sign of what it means to do next.
When he reached Bright River there was no sign of any train; he thought he was too early, so he tied his horse in the yard of the small Bright River hotel and went over to the station house.
Matthew was smoking--a sure sign of perturbation of mind.
Other matches
- sign A visible fact that shows that something exists... A1
- sign away To give up something, such as a right or posses...
- sign in To sign one's name on a list when entering a pl...
- sign off To log off
- sign on To join something, after signing.
- sign onto Synonym of sign on.
- sign out To sign one's name as an indication that one is...
- sign over To transfer
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