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Signalize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make remarkable or conspicuous: a life signalized by high accomplishments.

v. To point out particularly.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common.

v. To communicate with by means of a signal.

v. To make something noticeable, different, remarkable or conspicuous, especially by gesticulation.

v. To signal; to indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal.

v. To install a traffic signal at an intersection that is currently regulated by stop signs.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

v. To communicate with by means of a signal.

v. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make signal; render conspicuously noteworthy; distinguish in a special or exceptional manner: used of a person, reflexively, or of his actions, directly or indirectly: as, to signalize one's self by great deeds or great crimes; to signalize one's administration by reformatory zeal.

To indicate or point out distinctly; make special note or mention of; specialize.

To signal; make signals to; indicate by a signal.

To make signals; hold communication by signals.

Also spelled signalise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. provide with traffic signals

v. point out carefully and clearly

v. make conspicuous or noteworthy

v. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

Word Usage

"Potlatch means "a giving," and John Fox's intention was to signalize his marriage with Lit-lit by a potlatch as generous as she was good - looking."

Verb Form

signalized signalizes signalizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

furnish provide supply render point

Form

signalized signalizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

distinguish