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signify 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈsignəˌfī/,
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signified, past participle; signifies, 3rd person singular present; signifying, present participle; signified, past tense;
  1. Be an indication of
    • - this decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities
  2. Be a symbol of; have as meaning
    • - the church used this image to signify the Holy Trinity
  3. (of a person) Indicate or declare (a feeling or intention)
    • - signify your agreement by signing the letter below
  4. Be of importance
    • - the locked door doesn't necessarily signify
  5. (among black Americans) Exchange boasts or insults as a game or ritual

  1. mean: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
  2. convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
  3. make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"
  4. (signification) meaning: the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
  5. Signify is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in September, 1996. It was the first album that frontman Steven Wilson recorded with a full group of musicians on board from the beginning. ...
  6. (Signifying) Signifyin(g) (vernacular) is a practice in African American culture, involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words.
  7. To give (something) a meaning or an importance; To show one’s intentions with a sign etc
  8. (signified) The concept or idea evoked by a sign
  9. (Signifying) Term from semiotics that describes the method through which meaning is created with arbitrary signs.
  10. (Signifying) elaborate word games played out in African American vernacular tradition, also called "playing the dozens," saying one thing to mean another in a bragging fashion.
  11. Signifying refers to the act of using secret or double meanings of words to either communicate multiple meanings to different audiences, or to trick them. ...
  12. (signification) LW deconstructs the notion of signification in language theory starting in aphorism (10).
  13. A physical gesture using the fingers to indicate the number of the Form that is about to be demonstrated.
  14. (v.): to declare yourself, to brag, to boast.