SIGNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signing mean? 

• SIGNING (noun)
  The noun SIGNING has 1 sense:

1. language expressed by visible hand gestures

  Familiarity information: SIGNING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Language expressed by visible hand gestures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

sign language; signing

Hypernyms ("signing" is a kind of...):

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Meronyms (parts of "signing"):

sign (a gesture that is part of a sign language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "signing"):

finger spelling; fingerspelling (an alphabet of manual signs)

American sign language; ASL (the sign language used in the United States)

Derivation:

sign (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)

 Context examples 

Once Mercury turns backwards, you will need to be careful to avoid signing anything.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

By signing this document the investigator confirms his participation and his role in the study and assumes responsibility and accountability associated with this role.

(Investigator Signature, NCI Thesaurus)

Laurie was signing and sealing as he spoke, and did not look up till a great tear dropped on the paper.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The date (and time) the study subject gives official consent by signing the official consent form.

(Performed Study Subject Milestone Informed Consent Date, NCI Thesaurus)

Of her soon cheering up again, and our signing the register all round.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I have jotted down the form here, if you would not mind signing it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A person who has a license that gives them the legal power to witness the signing of documents, to certify that documents are real, and to take statements made under oath.

(Notary public, NCI Dictionary)

If you are 18 or older you can show you want to be a donor by signing a donor card.

(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)

It was the Ghost herself that lured Johnson into signing for the voyage, but he is already beginning to repent.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

With Neptune acting up, it will be vital you check with your lawyer before signing so that she can protect you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)