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Dictionary definition: sign
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- The Oxford American College Dictionary
Copyright© The Oxford American College Dictionary 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information)
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sign
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sīn
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• n.
1.
an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else:
flowers are often given as a sign of affection
|[with
clause
]
the stores are full, which is a sign that the recession is past its worst.
∎
something regarded as an indication or evidence of what is happening or going to happen:
the signs are
that counterfeiting is growing at an alarming rate.
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[with
negative
]used to indicate that someone or something is not present where they should be or are expected to be:
there was still no sign of her.
∎
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