sign

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/saɪn/

名詞

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something such as a mark or event that shows that something exists, is true, is happening or will happen

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The sudden drop in bird sightings is a sign that the ecosystem is changing.

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意味（1）

(sometimes also used uncountably) A perceptible (e.g. visible) indication.

Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk.

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(Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.

Animal sign is the key to eliminating guesswork when setting your traps. Only trap where there is sign. Sign is anything the animal leaves as a trace that indicates it may have passed through the area.

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A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.

The sign in the window advertised a room for rent.

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A wonder; miracle; prodigy.

And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

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(astrology) An astrological sign.

Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise.

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(mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.

I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong.

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A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.

And why not, as well as our dumbe men dispute, argue and tell histories by signes?

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意味（8）

(uncountable) Sign language in general.

Sorry, I don't know sign very well.

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A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)

A Noun substantive and a Noun adjective may be thus distinguished, that a substantive may have the sign a or the before it; as, puer, a boy, the boy; but an adjective cannot, as, bonus, good.

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An omen.

It's a sign of the end of the world, the doom prophet said.

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(medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.

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A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.

The great Ensign of Messiah blaz'd Aloft by Angels born, his Sign in Heav'n.

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signs （ 複数形 ）