signify 音标拼音: [s'ɪgnəf
, ɑɪ]
vt . 象征,预示
vi . 要紧
象徵,预示要紧
signify v 1 :
denote or connote ; "`
maison '
means `
house '
in French "; "
An example sentence would show what this word means " [
synonym :
{
mean }, {
intend }, {
signify }, {
stand for }]
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 "
Signify \
Sig "
ni *
fy \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Signified };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Signifying }.] [
F .
signifier ,
L .
significare ;
signum a sign -
ficare (
in comp .)
to make .
See {
Sign },
n .,
and {-
fy }.]
1 .
To show by a sign ;
to communicate by any conventional token ,
as words ,
gestures ,
signals ,
or the like ;
to announce ;
to make known ;
to declare ;
to express ;
as ,
a signified his desire to be present .
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I '
ll to the king ;
and signify to him That thus I have resign '
d my charge to you . --
Shak .
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The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied .
--
Swift .
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2 .
To mean ;
to import ;
to denote ;
to betoken .
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He bade her tell him what it signified . --
Chaucer .
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A tale Told by an idiot ,
full of sound and fury ,
Signifying nothing . --
Shak .
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Note :
Signify is often used impersonally ;
as ,
it signifies nothing ,
it does not signify ,
that is ,
it is of no importance .
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Syn :
To express ;
manifest ;
declare ;
utter ;
intimate ;
betoken ;
denote ;
imply ;
mean .
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115 Moby Thesaurus words for "
signify ":
add up to ,
amount to something ,
announce ,
approve ,
argue ,
assign ,
attest ,
augur ,
be construed as ,
be featured ,
be indicative of ,
be prominent ,
be significant of ,
be somebody ,
be something ,
be symptomatic of ,
bear ,
bespeak ,
betoken ,
breathe ,
carry ,
carry weight ,
characterize ,
communicate ,
connote ,
convey ,
count ,
cut ice ,
cut some ice ,
declare ,
demonstrate ,
denominate ,
denote ,
designate ,
determine ,
differentiate ,
disclose ,
display ,
divine ,
entail ,
evidence ,
evince ,
exhibit ,
express ,
fix ,
foretoken ,
furnish evidence ,
get top billing ,
give evidence ,
give indication of ,
give token ,
go to show ,
highlight ,
hint ,
identify ,
illustrate ,
impart ,
imply ,
import ,
impress ,
indicate ,
intend ,
intimate ,
involve ,
make known ,
manifest ,
mark ,
matter ,
mean ,
mention ,
name ,
note ,
pick out ,
pin down ,
point out ,
point to ,
prefigure ,
preindicate ,
presign ,
presignal ,
presignify ,
pretypify ,
purport ,
refer to ,
represent ,
reveal ,
say ,
select ,
set ,
set forth ,
show ,
show signs of ,
sign ,
signal ,
signalize ,
speak for itself ,
speak volumes ,
specialize ,
specify ,
spell ,
stand for ,
stand out ,
star ,
state ,
stipulate ,
suggest ,
symbolize ,
symptomatize ,
symptomize ,
tell ,
tend to show ,
testify ,
token ,
typify ,
weigh
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