Definition/Meaning of sign

• English - Noun: sign (countable and uncountable, plural signs) (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that show s that something exist s or may happen . Those clouds show signs of raining soon. Those clouds show little sign of raining soon. (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that show s that something exist s or may happen .: An omen . "It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said.…
• English - Verb: sign (third-person singular simple present signs, present participle signing, simple past and past participle signed) (archaic, transitive) To make a mark: To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet. (transitive) To mark , to put or leave a mark on. 1726, Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer: Meantime revolving in his thoughtful…
• English - External links: sign in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 sign in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911
• English - Anagrams: gins , ings , nigs , sing , sing ., snig
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English signe , sygne , syng , seine , sine , syne , from Old English seġn (“sign; mark; token ”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum and signal . Partially displaced native token. Etymology 2. From Middle English signen , seinen , seinien , partly from Old English…