Signify

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To denote; mean.
  • v. To make known, as with a sign or word: signify one's intent.
  • verb-intransitive. To have meaning or importance. See Synonyms at count1.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To exchange humorous insults in a verbal game.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
  • v. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.
  • v. To mean; to betoken.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • v. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be a sign or token of (a fact or pretended fact); represent or suggest, either naturally or conventionally; betoken; mean.
  • To import, in the Paracelsian sense. See signature, 2.
  • To import relatively; have the purport or bearing of; matter in regard to (something expressed or implied): as, that signifies little or nothing to us; it signifies much.
  • To make known by signs, speech, or action; communicate; give notice of; announce; declare.
  • To exhibit as a sign or representation; make as a similitude.
  • Synonyms To manifest, intimate, denote, imply, indicate.
  • To have import or meaning; be of consequence; matter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. denote or connote
  • v. make known with a word or signal
  • v. convey or express a meaning
  • Verb Form
    signified    signifies    signifying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    indicate    mean    intend   
    Cross Reference
    express    indicate    mean    announce    signal   
    Variant
    signified   
    Hyponym
    refer    denote   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    betoken    intimate    manifest    mean    imply    denote    express    utter    declare    import   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dignify