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sign
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /sa?n/
- Homophones: sine, syne
- Rhymes: -a?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English se?n (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum. Partially displaced native token.
Noun
sign (countable and uncountable, plural signs)
- (sometimes also used uncountably) A perceptible (e.g. visibile) indication.
- 2000, Geoffrey McGuinness, Carmen McGuinness, How to Increase Your Child's Verbal Intelligence: The Language Wise Method, Yale University Press (?ISBN), page 38:
- The sound of the Orlando dinner train whistle reminds me that it ' s already Friday, an auditory sign. Another auditory sign, a distant thunder clap, warns me of limited computer time before our evening thunderstorm moves in.
- 2000, Geoffrey McGuinness, Carmen McGuinness, How to Increase Your Child's Verbal Intelligence: The Language Wise Method, Yale University Press (?ISBN), page 38:
- (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 4:17:
- And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 4:17:
- (astrology) An astrological sign.
- (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
- A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
- 2007, Marcel Danesi, The Quest for Meaning:
- In American Sign Language (ASL), for instance, the sign for 'catch' is formed with one hand (in the role of agent) moving across the body (an action) to grasp the forefinger of the other hand (the patient).
- 2007, Marcel Danesi, The Quest for Meaning:
- (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
- 1692, Thomas Bennet, Short Introduction of Grammar ... of the Latine Tongue:
- A Noun substantive and a Noun adjective may be thus distinguished, that a substantive may have the sign a or the before it; as, puer, a boy, the boy; but an adjective cannot, as, bonus, good.
- 1753, Charles Davies, Busby's English Introduction to the Latin Tongue Examined, page 11:
- A Pronoun is a Noun implying a Person, but not admitting the Sign a or the before it.
- 2008, Eero Tarasti, Robert S. Hatten, A Sounding of Signs: Modalities and Moments in Music, Culture, and Philosophy : Essays in Honor of Eero Tarasti on His 60th Anniversary:
- And some linguistic signs, like “the”, “and” or “with”, may lack apparent objects, though they are clearly meaningful and interpretable.
- 1692, Thomas Bennet, Short Introduction of Grammar ... of the Latine Tongue:
- An omen.
- (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient.
- A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Derived terms
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Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English se?nian (“to mark; sign”) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin sign?re (“to mark, seal, indicate, signify”); all from Latin signum (“a mark, sign”); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain.
Verb
sign (third-person singular simple present signs, present participle signing, simple past and past participle signed)
- To make a mark
- (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. [from 13th c.]
- The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet.
- (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on. [from 14th c.]
- 1726, Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer:
- Meantime revolving in his thoughtful mind / The scar, with which his manly knee was sign'd […].
- 1726, Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer:
- (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice:
- Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, / And let him signe it […].
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice:
- (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. [from 15th c.]
- I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
- (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature. [from 16th c.]
- Just sign your name at the bottom there.
- I received a letter from some woman who signs herself ‘Mrs Trellis’.
- (intransitive) To write one's signature. [from 17th c.]
- Please sign on the dotted line.
- (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, The Guardian, (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
- Agents say Wales back Gavin Henson has signed for Cardiff Blues.
- 2011, The Guardian, (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
- (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. [from 19th c.]
- It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
- (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. [from 13th c.]
- To make the sign of the cross
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]
- We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 34:
- At the baptismal ceremony the child was […] signed with the cross in holy water.
- (reflexive) To cross oneself. [from 15th c.]
- 1855, Robert Browning, Men and Women:
- Shaking a fist at him with one fierce arm, / Signing himself with the other because of Christ.
- 1855, Robert Browning, Men and Women:
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]
- To indicate
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
- (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone). [from 16th c.]
- He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway.
- (intransitive) To use sign language. [from 19th c.]
- (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs. [from 20th c.]
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. [from 16th c.]
- To determine the sign of
- (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
Derived terms
Related terms
- signal
- signature
- signet
- signify
Translations
Further reading
- sign in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sign in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sing, sing., snig
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diagram
English
Alternative forms
- diagramme (archaic)
Etymology
From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?da?.?.??æm/, /?da?.??æm/
Noun
diagram (plural diagrams)
- A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
- Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.
- A graph or chart.
- (category theory) A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".
Synonyms
- (plan or similar to show relationships or similar): schematic
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:diagram
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
diagram (third-person singular simple present diagrams, present participle diagraming or diagramming, simple past and past participle diagramed or diagrammed)
- (transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.
- (Britain) To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.
Related terms
- diagrammatic
- diagrammatically
References
- diagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- diagram on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- diagram at OneLook Dictionary Search
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?ja?ram]
Noun
diagram m
- diagram
Declension
Derived terms
- diagram rybí kosti m
- stavový diagram m
Further reading
- diagram in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- diagram in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Noun
diagram n (singular definite diagrammet, plural indefinite diagrammer)
- diagram
Declension
References
- “diagram” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French diagramme or English diagram, from Latin diagramma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.a???r?m/
- Hyphenation: di?a?gram
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
diagram n (plural diagrammen, diminutive diagrammetje n)
- diagram
Derived terms
- staafdiagram
- venndiagram
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin diagramma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dij??r?m]
- Hyphenation: di?ag?ram
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
diagram (plural diagramok)
- diagram
Declension
References
Further reading
- diagram in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma)
Noun
diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram or diagrammer, definite plural diagramma or diagrammene)
- diagram
References
- “diagram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma)
Noun
diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram, definite plural diagramma)
- diagram
References
- “diagram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dja.?ram/
Noun
diagram m inan
- diagram
Declension
Swedish
Noun
diagram n
- a diagram, a graph, a drawing
Declension
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