English Dictionary

signify

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/

動詞

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.

日本語の意味

～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

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

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。

意味（1）

To create a sign out of something.

意味（2）

To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

意味（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.

意味（4）

To mean; to betoken.

Life’s […] a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

意味（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.

signifies （ present singular third-person ）

signifying （ participle present ）

signified （ participle past ）

signified （ past ）