Standard Lemma guide

signed

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /saɪnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnd
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a signature; endorsed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The signed check could be cashed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having both positive and negative varieties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

Examples

  • It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: route

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of sign

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

having a handwritten signature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a signed letter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unsigned

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

used of the language of the deaf

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gestural, sign(a), sign-language(a)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: podepsaný — having a signature, endorsed
  • Finnish: allekirjoitettu — having a signature, endorsed
  • Georgian: ხელმოწერილი (xelmoc̣erili) — having a signature, endorsed
  • Manx: fo-screeuit — having a signature, endorsed
  • Polish: podpisany — having a signature, endorsed
  • Russian: подписанный (podpisannyj) — having a signature, endorsed
  • Turkish: imzalı — having a signature, endorsed
  • Ukrainian: підпи́саний (pidpýsanyj) — having a signature, endorsed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有符號 /有符号 (yǒu fúhào) — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帶號 /带号 (dàihào) — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Czech: se znaménkem — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Finnish: etumerkillinen — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • French: signé — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Italian: con segno — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Japanese: 符号付き (fugō-tsuki) — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Polish: ze znakiem — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Portuguese: com sinal — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Russian: со знаком (so znakom) — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
  • Tagalog: maytanda — (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties
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