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# sign

noun (sign, signs); verb (sign, signs, signed, signing)

«sign» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sign is a board with words or pictures that tells you something, like a road sign or a shop sign. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#m1)
2. A sign in maths is a mark like +, −, ×, ÷ or =. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#m2)
3. A sign is something that shows that something is true or will happen: dark clouds are a sign of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#m3)
4. To sign is to write your name on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#m4)
5. To sign is also to talk with hand signs, as in sign language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: a road sign giving a distance, a price sign, or the plus, minus, times, divide and equals signs in a number sentence; a plus or minus sign names the operation. Safety: obey road signs like STOP and the green walking figure. In science: signs of spring, signs of illness. Phrases: road sign, stop sign, plus sign, sign your name, sign language, a good sign, sign up.

### Examples

- The sign says the town is 12 miles away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x1)
- Put the right sign between 7 and 3 to get 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x2)
- The sign shows apples cost 50 cents each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x3)
- 30 people signed the card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x4)
- Stop at the stop sign and look both ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x5)
- Swallows coming back are a sign of spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x6)
- Please sign your name at the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x7)
- My cousin uses sign language to talk with her deaf friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x8)
- A smile is often a sign that someone is happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x9)
- “Read the sign and you’ll know.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/#x10)

### Note

The g is silent: say «sine». Related: signal, signature. A plus or minus sign names the operation. Trap: a price sign gives the price of one, so multiply for many. Trap: «sign up» means to join something.

## In Jewish tradition

Tradition reads the signs in Egypt as proof of God's power, and sees the Sabbath, circumcision and tefillin as lasting signs of the covenant between God and Israel. It reads Ezekiel's acts as living lessons given to the people. In the primary lessons: In maths: a road sign giving a distance, a price sign, or the plus, minus, times, divide and equals signs in a number sentence; a plus or minus sign names the operation. Safety: obey road signs like STOP and the green walking figure. In science: signs of spring, signs of illness. Phrases: road sign, stop sign, plus sign, sign your name, sign language, a good sign, sign up.

### Examples

- the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders; (Torah DEU.29.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/#x1)
- And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.' (Torah EXO.4.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/#x2)
- And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.7.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/#x3)
- Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. (Writings DAN.6.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/#x4)
- This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. (Prophets EZK.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/#x5)
- How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders! (Writings DAN.3.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/#x6)

### Note

The g is silent: say «sine». Related: signal, signature. A plus or minus sign names the operation. Trap: a price sign gives the price of one, so multiply for many. Trap: «sign up» means to join something.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sign» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sign» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sign.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sign» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sign/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sign» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sign.html) on Mova free.