What does signifying mean?
Signifying means present participle and gerund of signify.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of signify.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.
Use signifying when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Signifying means present participle and gerund of signify.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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