sign
To make a markTo make a mark: To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
» Could you please sign the register?
Würden Sie bitte das Verzeichnis unterschreiben?
Kannst du bitte das Register unterschreiben?
Ти можеш лишитися підпис у журналі, будь ласка?
Ви не могли би, будь ласка, лишити підпис у журналі?
Ви не могли би, будь ласка, підписатися в журналі?
Meaning
17 sensesTo make a mark
(transitive)To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
(transitive)To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
(transitive)More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
(reflexive, transitive)To write (one's name) as a signature.
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.
Please sign on the dotted line.
unterschreiben, unterschriften, unterzeichnen
подпи́сыватьpodpísyvatʹ, подписа́тьpodpisátʹ, подпи́сыватьсяpodpísyvatʹsja
(intransitive)To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
(transitive)To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
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.
make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
(reflexive)To cross oneself.
To indicate
(intransitive)To communicate using a gesture or signal.
communicate in sign language
(transitive)To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
(transitive)To communicate using gestures to (someone).
He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway.
Examples
2087 sentencesCould you please sign the register?
Ти можеш лишитися підпис у журналі, будь ласка?
deWürden Sie bitte das Verzeichnis unterschreiben?
Don't forget to sign your name.
Не забудьте поставити свій підпис.
ruНе забудьте поставить подпись.
I want Tom to sign this.
Я хочу, аби Том це підписав.
ruЯ хочу, чтобы Том подписал это.
deIch will, dass Tom dies unterschreibt.
Don't forget to sign the contract.
Не забудьте підписати контракт.
ruНе забудь подписаться под договором.
I didn't sign up for this.
Я на це не підписувалася.
ruЯ на это не подписывался.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English seġnian (“to mark; siFrom Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English seġnian (“to mark; sign”) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin signāre (“to mark, seal, indicate, signify”); all from Latin signum (“a mark, sign”); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain.
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Forms
signs, signing, signed, signedPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- sign upзамовити, замовлятиTo add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- sign onпідписати, підписуватиTo join something, after signing.
- sign inзареєструватися, реєструватисяTo sign one's name on a list when entering a place, to indicate one's arrival.
- sign offTo log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especially, to stop talking.
- sign outTo sign one's name as an indication that one is leaving some location; to take some action to indicate one is leaving a secured program or web page on a computer.
- sign overTo transfer (property or rights) to somebody else by signing a document.
- sign awayTo give up something, such as a right or possession, by signing a document.
Synonyms
9 synonyms- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on):subscribe
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs:signalsignalizesignalise
- engage by written agreement:contractsign onsign up
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation:ratify
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate:bless
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Silent letters — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- sign the contract
- sign the document
- to sign the
- signed up for
- no sign of
- a good sign
- going to sign
- forget to sign
- sign your name
- forced to sign
- sign language
- signed the papers