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# signature

noun (a signature, signatures)

«signature» 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 signature is your name written in your own special way, to show you agree to or wrote something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#m1)
2. A signature is also a special feature that makes something easy to recognise, like a chef's signature dish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#m2)
3. In music, the time signature and key signature are signs at the start of the music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life parents sign permission slips and forms; a signature shows who agreed. In online safety, never copy someone else's signature. Phrases: «sign your signature», «a signature on the form», «signature dish», «time signature».

### Examples

- Please ask your parent for their signature on the trip form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x1)
- The famous footballer gave me his signature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x2)
- Your signature shows you agree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x3)
- Pizza is the restaurant's signature dish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x4)
- The time signature tells you how many beats in a bar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x5)
- She practised her signature on scrap paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x6)
- The letter had no signature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Verb: sign. Pronounced SIG-nuh-chur. Copying another person's signature (forging it) is wrong and can be a crime.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life parents sign permission slips and forms; a signature shows who agreed. In online safety, never copy someone else's signature. Phrases: «sign your signature», «a signature on the form», «signature dish», «time signature».

### Examples

- Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! (Writings JOB.31.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signature/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Verb: sign. Pronounced SIG-nuh-chur. Copying another person's signature (forging it) is wrong and can be a crime.

## On Mova

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