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signal

  • EN [ ˈsɪɡnəl]
  • US [ ˈsɪɡnəl]
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English definition

    Noun

  • 1. any communication that encodes a message;

    • "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
  • 2. any incitement to action;

    • "he awaited the signal to start"
    • "the victory was a signal for wild celebration"
  • 3. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

    Verb

  • 1. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;

    • "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"
    • "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"
  • 2. be a signal for or a symptom of;

    • "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
    • "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
    • "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

    Adjective

  • 1. notably out of the ordinary;

    • "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

Example sentences

  • Experts regarded it as a warning signal of an economic smashup.

  • The carrier wave has got out of phase with the signal wave.

  • This is a signal failure.

  • We live too far from the city to get a strong television signal.

  • Our fax machine differentiates between an incoming fax signal and a voice call.

  • They went into action at a given signal.

  • Send out a distress signal; the ship is sinking.

  • I lay awake through the wee small hours, waiting for the signal.

  • The emergency signal SOS has no literal meaning.

  • A train must not pass a signal that is at danger.

  • He telephoned the lawyer and again got a busy signal.

  • This is a signal of the urgent urgency from Field Army Headquarters.

  • The plan to murder the president went off at half cock because the signal was given before It'should have been.

  • Her plea was that she did not see the signal.

  • They suffered from nervous tension when the signal was shown on a radarscope.

  • What he said was the signal for the argument.

  • This act was a signal to his victim's friends that he was someone to be reckoned with.

  • The crew of Philante picked up a distress signal from the yacht Sans Peur III.

  • The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.

  • When we turned the boat about, the signal began to bleep again constantly.

  • You mustn't fire without my signal.

  • The outcome of that meeting could signal whether there truly exists a political will to begin negotiating.

  • His final round was a signal triumph in a career marked by many sweet moments.

  • The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal.

  • The flow of current actuates the signal.

  • The recall of ambassador Alan Green was a public signal of America's concern.

  • Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low.

  • The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station.

  • Kurdish leaders saw the visit as an important signal of support.

Synonym discrimination

  • symbol, badge, sign, signal, mark, token, attribute, emblem

Meaning of signal

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