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signature
[ sig-nuh-cher, -choor ]
noun
- a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- the act of signing a document.
- Music. a sign or set of signs at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key or the time of a piece.
- Radio. a song, musical arrangement, sound effect, etc., used as a theme identifying a program.
- any unique, distinguishing aspect, feature, or mark.
- Medicine/Medical. that part of a written prescription that specifies directions for use.
- Biology, Medicine/Medical. a distinctive characteristic or set of characteristics by which a biological structure or medical condition is recognized.
- Also called section. Bookbinding. a printed sheet folded to page size for binding together, with other such sheets, to form a book, magazine, etc.
- Printing.
- a letter or other symbol generally placed by the printer at the foot of the first page of every sheet to guide the binder in folding the sheets and in gathering them in sequence.
- a sheet so marked.
- Chemistry, Physics. a characteristic trace or sign that indicates the presence of a substance or the occurrence of a physical process or event:
The satellite recorded a spectrum that is the signature of a nuclear explosion.
adjective
- serving to identify or distinguish a person, group, etc.:
a signature tune.
signature
/ ˈɪɡɪʃə /
noun
- the name of a person or a mark or sign representing his name, marked by himself or by an authorized deputy
- the act of signing one's name
- a distinctive mark, characteristic, etc, that identifies a person or thing
- ( as modifier )
a signature fragrance
- music See key signature time signature
- the part of a medical prescription that instructs a patient how frequently and in what amounts he should take a drug or agent AbbreviationSigS
- printing
- a sheet of paper printed with several pages that upon folding will become a section or sections of a book
- such a sheet so folded
- a mark, esp a letter, printed on the first page of a signature
Other Word Forms
- n·ٳܰ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of signature1
Word History and Origins
Origin of signature1
Example Sentences
This is the latest in a series of food poisonings that have been linked to the programme, a signature policy of President Prabowo Subianto.
While the president-elect was criticized for treating economic relief born of an act of Congress as a personal payment to Americans, his signature’s presence on the checks had staying power.
Cailian Press, a Chinese media outlet focused on finance, characterized the administration’s latest rhetoric as “a sign that Trump is already softening stance on his signature tariff policies.”
Of all the elaborate illusions and wall-to-wall effects performed in the stage show “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the trickiest one is a signature visual of the “Stranger Things” universe: the nosebleed.
“Day by day and hour by hour, the administration is destroying one of the signature achievements of our time.”
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