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Term: sign

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "sign": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

sign

Definitions

Noun

  1. A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
  2. A public display of a message
  3. Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
  4. Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
  5. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
  6. (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
  7. Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
  8. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
  9. A gesture that is part of a sign language
  10. A fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified; --de saussure
  11. A character indicating a relation between quantities

Verb

  1. Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
  2. Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  3. Be engaged by a written agreement
  4. Engage by written agreement
  5. Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
  6. Place signs, as along a road
  7. Communicate in sign language
  8. Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on god for protection; consecrate

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "sign".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 design 2 114
2 designed 2 108
3 sign 1 94
4 significant 4 86
5 signs 1 68
6 significance 4 66
7 signal 2 63
8 assignment 3 62
9 assigned 2 53
10 signed 1 37
11 signals 2 29
12 designs 2 28
13 assign 2 18
14 assignments 3 18
15 designer 3 18
16 designated 4 17
17 significantly 5 17
18 designers 3 14
19 assigning 3 9
20 designing 3 9
21 resigned 2 9
22 resignation 4 7
23 signing 2 7
24 signature 3 6
25 designate 3 5
26 insignificant 5 5
27 signaling 3 5
28 signatures 3 5
29 assigns 2 4
30 designation 4 4
31 ensign 2 4
32 designating 4 3
33 unsigned 2 3
34 consign 2 2
35 resign 2 2
36 signaled 2 2
37 signified 3 2
38 signify 3 2
39 signor 2 2
40 signpost 2 2
41 consigned 2 1
42 designates 3 1
43 designations 4 1
44 designer's 3 1
45 insignificance 5 1
46 lusignan 3 1
47 reassign 3 1
48 resignations 4 1
49 resigning 3 1
50 resigns 2 1
51 signers 2 1
52 signifies 3 1
53 signore 3 1
54 signposts 2 1
55 alliedsignal 4 0
56 alliedsignal's 4 0
57 assignment's 3 0
58 bisignano 4 0
59 bonsignore 4 0
60 chemdesign 3 0
61 consignment 3 0
62 delsignore 4 0
63 designcraft 3 0
64 designee 3 0
65 designees 3 0
66 designers' 3 0
67 designor 3 0
68 firesign 3 0
69 firesign's 3 0
70 insignia 4 0
71 monsignor 3 0
72 monsignors 3 0
73 reassigned 3 0
74 reassigning 4 0
75 reassignment 4 0
76 reassignments 4 0
77 redesign 3 0
78 redesigned 3 0
79 redesigning 4 0
80 resignee 3 0
81 resignees 3 0
82 rossignol 3 0
83 sharp-sign 2 0
84 sign's 1 0
85 signa 2 0
86 signage 2 0
87 signal's 2 0
88 signalled 2 0
89 signalling 3 0
90 signatories 4 0
91 signatory 4 0
92 signer 2 0
93 signet 2 0
94 signifying 4 0
95 signings 2 0
96 signorelli 4 0
97 signori 3 0
98 tousignant 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "sign".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 assign 2 18
2 sine 1 4
3 sein 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sign".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 design 2 114
2 signs 1 68
3 signal 2 63
4 sin 1 53
5 signed 1 37
6 assign 2 18
7 ensign 2 4
8 signor 2 2
9 resign 2 2
10 swig 1 2
11 saigon 2 1
12 signa 2 0
13 sig 1 0
14 signet 2 0
15 signer 2 0
16 sign's 1 0
17 sigmon 2 0
18 sigman 2 0
19 siglin 2 0
20 siegan 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "sign" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sign of 1 3
2 sign the 1 2
3 sign language 2 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "sign" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 a sign 1 3
2 to sign 1 3

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "sign" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 affixed 2 2
2 publicized 3 2
3 taken 2 2
4 early 2 2
5 reluctant 3 2
6 japan 2 2
7 battleship 3 2
8 first 1 2
9 many 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "sign".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sign's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 19

Fragments: 98

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 9

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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