signed

signed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪnd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

signed (not comparable)

1. Having a signature; endorsed.

   The signed check could be cashed.

2. (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.

   It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.

3. (of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
   • 2013: Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins, Wilderness Press, p. 64

     Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles.

Antonyms

• unsigned

Hyponyms

• self-signed

Translations

having a signature, endorsed

Czech: podepsaný (cs) Finnish: allekirjoitettu Georgian: ხელმოწერილი (xelmoc̣erili) Manx: fo-screeuit Polish: podpisany Russian: подписанный (ru) (podpisannyj) Turkish: imzalı (tr)

(mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties

Chinese: Mandarin: 有符號／有符号 (yǒu fúhào), 帶號／带号 (dàihào) Czech: se znaménkem Finnish: etumerkillinen (fi) French: signé (fr) Italian: con segno Japanese: 符号付き (ふごうつき, fugō-tsuki) Polish: ze znakiem Portuguese: com sinal Russian: со знаком (so znakom) Tagalog: maytanda

Verb

signed

1. simple past tense and past participle of sign

Anagrams

• Edgins, deigns, design, dinges, gnides, nidges, sdeign, singed