Usually means: Indicator, symbol representing specific meaning.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sign: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. sign, sign: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sign: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sign: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sign: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sign, sign, sign: Wordnik
  7. sign: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. sign: Wiktionary
  9. sign: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. sign: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sign: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sign: Dictionary.com
  13. sign (n.), sign (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. sign: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Sign (Flow song), Sign (Mr. Children song), Sign (TV series), Sign (astrology), Sign (band), Sign (disambiguation), Sign (display device), Sign (linguistics), Sign (math), Sign (mathematics), Sign (medical), Sign (medicine), Sign (semiotics), Sign, The Sign (Ace of Base song), The Sign (Crystal Lake album), The Sign (album), The Sign (song), The Sign: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Sign: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. sign: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. sign: Rhymezone
  19. sign: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sign: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. sign: Free Dictionary
  22. sign: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. sign: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. sign: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sign: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. sign-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. sign: Law.com Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. Sign (semiotics), sign: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sign: Hacking Lexicon
  2. sign: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sign: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. sign: Natural Health glossary
  4. Sign: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  8. sign: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  9. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. Sign (semeiotic), sign: Medical dictionary
  12. Sign: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SIGN: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. sign: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Sign: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  4. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sign: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Sign: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. sign: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
noun:  An omen.
noun:  (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
noun:  A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
noun:  (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
noun:  A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
noun:  A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
noun:  (astrology) An astrological sign.
noun:  (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
noun:  A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
noun:  (uncountable) Sign language in general.
noun:  A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
noun:  A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
verb:  To make a mark
verb:  (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol.
verb:  (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
verb:  (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
verb:  (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
verb:  (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature.
verb:  (intransitive) To write one's signature.
verb:  (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
verb:  (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
verb:  To make the sign of the cross
verb:  (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
verb:  (reflexive) To cross oneself.
verb:  To indicate
verb:  (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal.
verb:  (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
verb:  (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone).
verb:  (intransitive) To use sign language.
verb:  (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
verb:  To determine the sign of
verb:  (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.

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