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# signal

noun (a signal, signals); verb (signal, signals, signalled/signaled, signalling/signaling)

«signal» 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 signal is a sound, light, sign or movement that gives a message or warning: a traffic signal, a hand signal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#m1)
2. A signal is the radio waves that carry sound, pictures or data to phones, TVs and radios. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#m2)
3. To signal is to give a message by a movement, light or sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#m3)

### In the lessons

In road safety, cyclists use hand signals to show turns, and drivers use indicators; railway and traffic signals tell when to stop or go. In science, signals travel from senses to the brain along nerves. In technology, «no signal» means the phone cannot connect. In emergencies, a whistle or torch can signal for help (three blasts or flashes).

### Examples

- The traffic signal turned red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x1)
- Signal with your arm before you turn on your bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x2)
- My phone has no signal in the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x3)
- The teacher raised her hand as a signal for quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x4)
- Three whistle blasts are a signal for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x5)
- Nerves carry signals to the brain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x6)
- The referee signalled a free kick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x7)
- A smoke signal rose from the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x8)
- Conn gave the signal and his guests seated themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/#x9)

### Note

British: signalled, signalling; American: signaled, signaling. Countable. «Sign» and «signal» are related: a sign shows a message that stays; a signal is often a message given at a moment.

## In Jewish tradition

A sign such as a beacon fire raised on a hill to warn of an enemy.

**Interpretation.** Jeremiah calls for a horn and a fire signal to warn of an invasion from the north. Tradition reads this as the prophet warning Judah to repent before the Babylonian attack.

### Examples

- Put yourselves under covert, ye children of Benjamin, away from the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the horn in Tekoa, and set up a signal on Beth-cherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction. (Prophets JER.6.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signal/#x1)

### Note

British: signalled, signalling; American: signaled, signaling. Countable. «Sign» and «signal» are related: a sign shows a message that stays; a signal is often a message given at a moment.

## On Mova

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