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  • 1sign — sign1 W2S3 [saın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(gives information)¦ 2¦(shows something is true)¦ 3¦(movement or sound)¦ 4¦(symbol)¦ 5¦(star sign)¦ 6¦(language)¦ 7 there is no sign of somebody/something 8 sign of life 9 sign of the times …

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  • 2sign —    by John Lechte   Marx developed a political economy based on a productivist and materialist metaphysic. He argued that the world of work and labour power were the key elements in understanding the fetishism of the commodity form in bourgeois… …

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  • 3Sign (linguistics) — There are many models of the linguistic sign (see also sign (semiotics)). A classic model is the one by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. According to him, language is made up of signs and every sign has two sides: the signifier (French… …

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  • 4sign — 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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  • 5Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (U.S. game show) — Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Title card Format Game show Created by Barry Poznick John Steven …

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  • 6Sign language — Two men and a woman signing. A sign language (also signed language) is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns (manual communication, body language) to convey meaning… …

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  • 7Sign — A sign is an entity which signifies another entity. A natural sign is an entity which bears a causal relation to the signified entity, as thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of… …

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  • 8sign — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that shows that sth exists/may happen ADJECTIVE ▪ classic, clear, definite, distinct, obvious, real, sure, telltale, unmistakable …

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  • 9sign — 1 /saIn/ noun 1 STH THAT PROVES STH (C) an event, fact etc that shows that something is happening or that something is true; indication: sign of: The tests can detect early signs of disease. | sign that: Exports have risen by 20%, a sign that the …

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  • 10Sign relation — A sign relation is the basic construct in the theory of signs, also known as semeiotic or semiotics, as developed by Charles Sanders Peirce.AnthesisThus, if a sunflower, in turning towards the sun, becomes by that very act fully capable, without… …

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