signified

[ UK /sˈɪɡnɪfˌa‍ɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
    the signifier is linked to the signified
    the dictionary gave several senses for the word
    in the best sense charity is really a duty
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How To Use signified In A Sentence

  • the signifier is linked to the signified
  • The Waterford publicans, who have signified their intention to defy the ban, are following in the footsteps of their colleagues in Kerry, Cork, Donegal and Wexford.
  • Whether we take the signified or the signifier, Saussure argues, language has neither ideas nor sounds that existed before the linguistic system, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system.
  • This decision signified a radical change in their policies.
  • Post Office of the said City of Montreal; that every such election or amotion shall be subject to the review of Our said Visitor, whose determination thereon being signified in writing to the said Governors within sixty days after such delivery as aforesaid at the said Post McGill and its Story, 1821-1921
  • The twelfth, _bayoguin_, signified a "cotquean," a man whose nature inclined toward that of a woman. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing
  • A dot after a note ordinarily meant that it was half as long again as its normal value, but otherwise it simply signified that the notes on either side were irregular in some way. 5.
  • The attributes of a king are a mark of the absence of the attribute signified by the word omnipotent, (or, are _evidence_ of the absence of that attribute.) A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)
  • She was in complete disagreement, and signified this fact immediately.
  • The Referees Committee was formed at a meeting attended by 17 referees with three excused, but to date there are still two referees who have not answered the call, or indeed, signified their intentions, one way or another.
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