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SIGNALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signalise mean? 

SIGNALISE (verb)
  The verb SIGNALISE has 4 senses:

1. provide with traffic signalsplay

2. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signsplay

3. point out carefully and clearlyplay

4. make conspicuous or noteworthyplay

  Familiarity information: SIGNALISE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIGNALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they signalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it signalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: signalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: signalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: signalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with traffic signals

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

signalise; signalize

Context example:

signalize a busy intersection

Hypernyms (to "signalise" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

sign; signal; signalise; signalize

Context example:

The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu

Hypernyms (to "signalise" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "signalise"):

wigwag (signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code)

semaphore (send signals by or as if by semaphore)

heliograph (signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays)

flag (communicate or signal with a flag)

whistle (give a signal by whistling)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 3

Meaning:

Point out carefully and clearly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

call attention; point out; signalise; signalize

Hypernyms (to "signalise" is one way to...):

designate; indicate; point; show (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 4

Meaning:

Make conspicuous or noteworthy

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

distinguish; signalise; signalize

Hypernyms (to "signalise" is one way to...):

mark (designate as if by a mark)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "signalise"):

singularise; singularize (distinguish as singular)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

signalisation (a conspicuous indication)


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