different between signed vs established

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?nd/

Adjective

signed (not comparable)

1. Having a signature; endorsed.

   The signed check could be cashed.

2. (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.

   It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.

3. (of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
   • 2013: Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins, Wilderness Press, p. 64 [1]

     Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles.

Antonyms

• unsigned

Hyponyms

• self-signed

Translations

Verb

signed

1. simple past tense and past participle of sign

Anagrams

• Edgins, deigns, design, dinges, gnides, nidges, sdeign, singed

English

Etymology

From establish +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæb.l??t/
• Hyphenation: es?tab?lished

Verb

established

1. simple past tense and past participle of establish

Adjective

established (comparative more established, superlative most established)

1. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
2. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 731:

     Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.

3. (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Synonyms

• estd. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• established church
• long-established
• well-established

Translations