signifying

signifying

English

Verb

signifying

1. present participle of signify
   • Macbeth (c. 1603), Act V, Scene V:

     Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

     that struts and frets his hour upon the stage

     and then is heard no more: it is a tale

     told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

     signifying nothing.

Noun

signifying (plural signifyings)

1. signification
   • 1939, Coleman Roberts Griffith, Psychology Applied to Teaching and Learning

     For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.