Signify

Quick meaning: Signify is a verb meaning To create a sign out of something.

Meaning

To create a sign out of something.

More Meanings

1. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
2. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce, or portend.
3. To mean; to betoken.
4. To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).

Example Sentences

“Do you want to write a cheque, Granny?” The old eyes signified assent.

I’ll to the king; and signify to him / That thus I have resign’d my charge to you.

Life’s […] a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.

For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

Word Forms

• signifies
• signifying
• signified

Synonyms for signify

Depending on context, synonyms include betoken, import, intend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intend, denote, indicate, refer, represent, designate.

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