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signify
1、 To be a sign of something; to mean something.
2、 To show or make known, especially by a sign.
🌱The improved performance of the students signifies that the new approach may be working. 🌳Signify basically means "to make a sign or signal." One of its synonyms is indicate; the index finger is the finger you point with, so to indicate is essentially to point to something. Significant means "important" and significance means "importance"; similarly, insignificant means "unimportant" and insignificance means "lack of importance." insignia A badge of authority or honor; a distinguishing sign or mark.
🌱Peering closely at the photograph, he could now see clearly the insignia of the Nazi SS on his grandfather's chest. 🌳Insignia are the official signs of rank, titles, or awards. Medals are an example, as are the crowns of monarchs. The Catholic church employs such insignia as the red robes of cardinals. U.S. presidents have the presidential seal, which appears on the stand when they're giving a speech. But most of us think first of the bars, stripes, badges, and patches of military rank. signatory A person or government that signs an agreement with others; especially a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement.
🌱More than a dozen countries were signatories to the agreement setting limits on fishing in international waters. 🌳A signatory puts his or her signature on a document that is also signed by others. In 1215 the English barons revolted against King John and forced him to join them as a signatory to the Magna Carta. This agreement stated the barons' own duties to the King but also assigned the barons clear rights and limited the King's power over them. Though the Magna Carta did nothing for the common people, it's often been called the first step toward democracy in the English-speaking countries. signet 1、 A seal used instead of a signature to give personal or official authority to a document.
2、 A small engraved seal, often in the form of a ring.
🌱The charters of lands and rights of the early American colonies were confirmed with the king's signet. 🌳Signets have been used for thousands of years. The design of a signet is personalized for its owner, and no two are alike. The ancients used signets to mark their possessions and to sign contracts. In later years signets were used to stamp a blob of hot wax sealing a folded secret document so that it couldn't be opened and read without the design being broken. The Pope still wears a signet, called the Fisherman's Ring, which is carved with a figure of St. Peter encircled with the Pope's name; after a Pope's death, the ring is destroyed and a new one is made.
2、 To show or make known, especially by a sign.
🌱The improved performance of the students signifies that the new approach may be working. 🌳Signify basically means "to make a sign or signal." One of its synonyms is indicate; the index finger is the finger you point with, so to indicate is essentially to point to something. Significant means "important" and significance means "importance"; similarly, insignificant means "unimportant" and insignificance means "lack of importance." insignia A badge of authority or honor; a distinguishing sign or mark.
🌱Peering closely at the photograph, he could now see clearly the insignia of the Nazi SS on his grandfather's chest. 🌳Insignia are the official signs of rank, titles, or awards. Medals are an example, as are the crowns of monarchs. The Catholic church employs such insignia as the red robes of cardinals. U.S. presidents have the presidential seal, which appears on the stand when they're giving a speech. But most of us think first of the bars, stripes, badges, and patches of military rank. signatory A person or government that signs an agreement with others; especially a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement.
🌱More than a dozen countries were signatories to the agreement setting limits on fishing in international waters. 🌳A signatory puts his or her signature on a document that is also signed by others. In 1215 the English barons revolted against King John and forced him to join them as a signatory to the Magna Carta. This agreement stated the barons' own duties to the King but also assigned the barons clear rights and limited the King's power over them. Though the Magna Carta did nothing for the common people, it's often been called the first step toward democracy in the English-speaking countries. signet 1、 A seal used instead of a signature to give personal or official authority to a document.
2、 A small engraved seal, often in the form of a ring.
🌱The charters of lands and rights of the early American colonies were confirmed with the king's signet. 🌳Signets have been used for thousands of years. The design of a signet is personalized for its owner, and no two are alike. The ancients used signets to mark their possessions and to sign contracts. In later years signets were used to stamp a blob of hot wax sealing a folded secret document so that it couldn't be opened and read without the design being broken. The Pope still wears a signet, called the Fisherman's Ring, which is carved with a figure of St. Peter encircled with the Pope's name; after a Pope's death, the ring is destroyed and a new one is made.
SIGN comes from the Latin noun signum,"mark or sign." A signal is a kind of sign. Your signature is your own personal sign. And an architect's design marks out the pattern for a building.🌸