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signify

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/

Verb

To create a sign out of something. / To give (something) a meaning or an importance. / To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce. / To mean; to betoken.

Japanese Meaning

～を意味する、示す / 何かの兆しやサインを作る（表現する） / 何かに意味や重要性を持たせる / 意向や意図を示す、暗示する

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We decided to signify the trail by carving arrows into the trees.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは、木に矢印を彫って道の標識を作ることに決めました。

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Sense（1）

To create a sign out of something.

Sense（2）

To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

Sense（3）

To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.

I’ll to the king; and signify to him

That thus I have resign’d my charge to you.

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Sense（4）

To mean; to betoken.

Life’s […] a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

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Sense（5）

To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).

To be but in the company of those we love, satisfies us: it does not signify whether we speak to ’em or not, whether we think on them or on indifferent things. To be near ’em is all.

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signifies

（ present singular third-person ）

signifying

（ participle present ）

signified

（ participle past ）

signified

（ past ）

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