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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
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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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Medicine
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
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Article: Hand/Wrist disorders among sign language ...
American Annals of the Deaf;
March 1, 2000 ;
700+ words
... ... reported hand/wrist problems among sign language communicators, including interpreters ... Comparisons were also made between sign language communicators and the general ... tunnel syndrome for the surveyed sign language communicators was five times the ...
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