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The synonyms of “Signifies” are: intend, mean, stand for
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “signifies” as a verb can have the following definitions:
intend | Mean or intend to express or convey. What do his words intend. |
mean | Mean or intend to express or convey. What do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold. |
stand for | Put into an upright position. |
allude | Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at. He alluded to the problem but did not mention it. |
asterisk | Mark with an asterisk. He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him. |
bespeak | Be a signal for or a symptom of. The defendant s insurers took steps to bespeak his medical records. |
cue | Give a cue to or for. She had not yet been given her cue to come out on to the dais. |
denotation | The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to. Beyond their immediate denotation the words have a connotative power. |
denote | Stand as a name or symbol for. She denoted her feelings clearly. |
express | By express. An express train. |
figuratively | Used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically. I did bump into figuratively speaking quite a few interesting people. |
gesticulate | Show, express or direct through movement. They were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down. |
hint | Drop a hint intimate by a hint. The restrained fronts of the terraced houses only hinted at the wealth within. |
imply | Express or state indirectly. Salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge. |
index | Provide an index to. The pins are retracted and indexed to occupy an adjacent slotted position. |
indicant | A thing which indicates something. Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease. |
indicate | Indicate a place direction person or thing either spatially or figuratively. His tone indicated that he didn t hold out much hope. |
indication | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure. An indication of foul play. |
insinuate | Give to understand. I insinuated that I did not like his wife. |
intend | Mean or intend to express or convey. No offence was intended I assure you. |
logo | A symbol or other small design adopted by an organization to identify its products, uniform, vehicles, etc. The Olympic logo was emblazoned across the tracksuits. |
manifestation | Expression without words. A characteristic manifestation of Lyme disease. |
mean | Mean or intend to express or convey. We were meant to go over yesterday. |
overtone | A component of any oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency. The decision may have political overtones. |
portend | Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. The eclipses portend some major events. |
represent | Be a delegate or spokesperson for represent somebody s interest or be a proxy or substitute for as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute. The flower represents a young girl. |
sign | A gesture used in a system of sign language. He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture. |
signal | Communicate silently and non verbally by signals or signs. The champion s announcement that he was retiring was the signal for scores of journalists to gather at his last match. |
specifier | Someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent. |
symbol | Symbolize. The chemical symbol for helium is He. |
symbolic | Involving the use of symbols or symbolism. Symbolic operations. |
symptom | Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X’s existence. The government was plagued by leaks a symptom of divisions and poor morale. |
zodiac | Astrology a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs. |
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