signify

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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.

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

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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.

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意味（4）

To mean; to betoken.

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

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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.

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signifies （ present singular third-person ）

signifying （ participle present ）

signified （ participle past ）

signified （ past ）