symbol
idiograph
signum
fistnote
signwriting
signeted
accent
signature
index
X
signlike
diacritic
tokening
-s
sign
halant
virama
namesign
signaletic
interp sign
lettered
mark
significant
-'s
portend
gSign
segregationalism
marking
insignium
crouched
signed
connote
accidental
honor
handmark
subindication
award
laurels
accolade
perfin
wet signature
honour
note
waymarked
remarque
becross
lettering
natural
supersign
siglum
signify
checkable
diacritical mark
Sharpie
allograph
make one's mark
felicity
inscription
represent
⠐⠂
apostrophe
beckon
rubricate
legisign
placemark
inscriptive
token
handboard
character
handpost
shield
badge
imprint
data point
John Hancock
meter
American sign language
ASL
moniker
consignify
signified
straw in the wind
tick off
tickable
indicative
signal
witness
letterboard
counterstamp
round bracket
signage
datemark
Columbian
blue plaque
signeted
signlike
diacritic
signaletic
lettered
crouched
signed
waymarked
checkable
inscriptive
tickable
indicative
symbol
idiograph
signum
fistnote
signwriting
accent
signature
index
X
tokening
sign
halant
virama
namesign
interp sign
mark
significant
gSign
segregationalism
marking
insignium
accidental
honor
handmark
subindication
award
laurels
accolade
perfin
wet signature
honour
note
diacritic
remarque
lettering
natural
supersign
siglum
diacritical mark
allograph
felicity
inscription
apostrophe
beckon
legisign
placemark
token
handboard
character
handpost
shield
badge
imprint
data point
John Hancock
American sign language
ASL
moniker
signified
straw in the wind
signal
witness
letterboard
round bracket
signage
datemark
Columbian
blue plaque
portend
connote
becross
signify
make one's mark
represent
rubricate
meter
consignify
tick off
counterstamp
noun
- A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
- A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
- Emphasis or importance in general.
- A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
- Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
- A word; a significant tone or sound.
- Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- Expressions in general; speech.
- A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
- A prime symbol.
- A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
- A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
- The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
verb
noun
- A mark or sign of implication.
- Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
- A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
- Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details.
- The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
- A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
- A dish that is characteristic of a particular chef.
- A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
- A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
- Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
- An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.
adj
noun
- A sign; an indication; a token.
- A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
- An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
- The index finger; the forefinger.
- That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
- A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
- A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
- A raised suffix indicating a power.
- A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
- A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
verb
- To measure by an associated value.
- To inventory; to take stock.
- To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
- To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
- To access a value in a data container by an index.
- To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
noun
- Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or write in lieu of a signature.
- Cross, crossing.
- The spot behind the goal.
- Ecstasy, a particular street drug.
num
name
- A surname, used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper ancestral names, erased or forgotten.
- Christ
- A placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical name.
character
adj
suffix
- Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.
- Used to form regular plurals of nouns.
- Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).
- Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
- Used in the formation of certain English adverbs.
- Hypocoristic suffix
- When appended to a number ending in at least one 0, expresses a range of ordinals which share the same digits when some or (usually) all of those 0s are discounted; frequently used for decades or centuries.
noun
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a public display of a message
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
adj
verb
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- be engaged by a written agreement
- engage by written agreement
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- place signs, as along a road
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
noun
- A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
- A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
- A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel
noun
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- A written character or sign.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
verb
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
noun
adj
suffix
- Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marker.
- Used to indicate a quantity of something, especially of time.
- Attached to a noun or noun phrase linked to a genitive of, forming a double genitive.
- Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.
- Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.
- In the absence of a specified object, used to indicate “the house/place/establishment of”.
- Used to indicate various other kinds of relationship, such as source or origin, object of an action, subject depicted, etc.
- Indicates a purpose or a user.
noun
- The conflation of sign and meaning.
- The isolation of a person or group of people to achieve a specific end.
- Segregationism; the support or practice of segregating racial, ethnic, or religious groups.
- The stance that linguistic signs act (or approach acting) as fixed codes with invariant pairings of form and meaning.
noun
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- Reputation; distinction.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- A piece of paper money; a banknote.
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
- A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- Observation; notice; heed.
- The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- A call or song of a bird.
- A critical comment.
- A key of the piano or organ.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
- That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
verb
- To denote; to designate.
- To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- To annotate.
- To set down in musical characters.
- To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
noun
- The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
- A breast which has not been modified.
- Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- One's life.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
- A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
adj
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
- Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
adv
noun
- Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.
- Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
- An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
- Happiness; (countable) an instance of this.
- Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
verb
- To serve as a sign or symbol of
- To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- To portray visually; to delineate
- To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- To participate as a team member
- To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
- To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- To give an account of; to describe.
punct
noun
- A small hand-painted wooden sign, especially one indicating the direction (and possibly distance) to a particular location.
- A flat surface with a handle on one side, used by a mason or plasterer; a hawk or mortarboard.
- A board that is held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing.
- A tablet-sized surface for writing or displaying text and images.
- A long narrow board with a catch for holding a dart, spear, or harpoon used as a throwing device.
- A device for securing, supporting, or guiding the hand; a handrest or splint.
- An artist's palette.
- A hand tool used to apply pressure to skins in order to finish them.
verb
noun
- A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- A being involved in the action of a story.
- A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
- A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
noun
- A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- One who protects or defends.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- A field of energy that protects or defends.
- In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- A police badge.
verb
noun
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- A police officer.
- A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
verb
verb
- To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
- To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
- To measure with a metering device.
noun
- The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
- A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
- The overall rhythm of a song or poem; particularly, the number of beats in a measure or syllables in a line.
noun
noun
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- A signalling interaction between cells
- An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
adj
verb
noun
- Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
verb
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