signify

[Sig·ni*fy]

To signify means to "mean." When Paul Revere looked for the lanterns in the church tower, he knew that one would signify that the British were coming by land and two would indicate that they were coming by sea.

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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.

Verb
denote or connote; "`maison'' means `house'' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

Verb
convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"

Verb
make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

n.
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.

n.
To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

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.

I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.

The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.

2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

He bade her tell him what it signified.

A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

&hand; Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance. Syn. -- To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean.

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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Usage Examples

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out communication is getting through.

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Other Usage Examples

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?

It doesn't much signify whom one marries, for one is sure to find next morning that it was someone else.