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  • 1Sign-on — (or startup) is the term used to describe the beginning of operations for a television station. It is the opposite to a sign off (or closedown).As with sign offs, sign ons vary from country to country, and from station to station.North AmericaIn… …

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  • 2sign — sign1 [ saın ] noun *** ▸ 1 piece of evidence ▸ 2 something with words/pictures ▸ 3 movement/sound ▸ 4 written symbol ▸ 5 star sign ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount a piece of evidence that something is happening or that something exists:… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3sign */*/*/ — I UK [saɪn] / US noun Word forms sign : singular sign plural signs 1) [countable/uncountable] a piece of evidence that something is happening or that something exists sure sign: She began tapping her foot, a sure sign of annoyance. sign that: He… …

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  • 4sign — n. indication 1) to give, show a sign (he showed signs of advanced emphysema; they showed no signs of life) 2) an encouraging; sure, telltale, unmistakable sign 3) vital signs ( basic indications of life ) 4) a sign that + clause (there had been… …

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  • 5Sign (mathematics) — The plus and minus symbols are used to show the sign of a number. Not to be confused with the sine function in trigonometry. In mathematics, the word sign refers to the property of being positive or negative. Every nonzero real number is either… …

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  • 6show up — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, appear, approach, arise, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, assister, attain, attain to, attend, awaken, bare, be at, be evident, be found, be noticeable, be present at, be received, be revealed, be… …

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  • 7sign — n 1 Sign, mark, token, badge, note, symptom can denote a sensible and usually visible indication by means of which something not outwardly apparent or obvious is made known or revealed. Sign is the most comprehensive of these terms, being… …

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  • 8Sign of the Cross — • A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at least in common: that by the gesture of tracing two lines intersecting at right angles they indicate symbolically the figure of Christ s cross… …

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  • 9Sign singing — or Karaoke signing is singing using sign language. Typically a song is played, and the singer expressively performs a sign language version of the lyrics.Well known sign singers include the Japanese Tomoko Nakayama, a follower of Nichiren… …

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  • 10show — [shō] vt. showed, shown or showed, showing [ME schewen < OE sceawian, akin to Ger schauen, to look at < IE base * (s)keu , to notice, heed > L cavere, to beware, OE hieran, to HEAR] 1. to bring or put in sight or view; cause or allow to… …

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