Meaning

5 senses
  1. To create a sign out of something.

  2. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

    convey or express a meaning

  3. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce, or portend.

  4. To mean; to betoken.

    bedeuten

    означа́тьoznačátʹ, зна́читьznáčitʹ

    означа́тиoznačáty, зна́читиznáčyty

  5. To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Oranges signify a happy love while lemons symbolize an unrequited one.

    Апельсини означають щасливе кохання, тоді як лимони означають нерозділену любов.

    ruАпельсины означают счастливую любовь, тогда как лимоны — безответную.

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  2. What does this sign signify?

    Що значить цей знак?

    deWas bedeutet dieses Schild?

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  3. What you think doesn't signify at all.

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  4. Titles and honours signify nothing to me.

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  5. The black belt signifies martial arts expertise.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to mean, to betoken — see also mean, denote, betoken, point out, represent, imply, suppose:
Русский
By meaning 1
to mean, to betoken — see also mean, denote, betoken, point out, represent, imply, suppose:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to mean, to betoken — see also mean, denote, betoken, point out, represent, imply, suppose:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English signifien, from Old French signifier, from Latin significare

Inherited from Middle English signifien, from Old French signifier, from Latin significare.

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Forms

signifies, signifying, signified, signified
Base formsignify · to signify
3rd person singularsignifies
Present participlesignifying
Past simplesignified
Past participlesignified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysignify
he, she, itsignifies

Past simpleLesson

all personssignified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave signified
he, she, ithas signified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill signify

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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