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单词 signified
释义

signified

noun

sig·​ni·​fied ˈsig-nə-ˌfīd How to pronounce signified (audio)
: a concept or meaning as distinguished from the sign through which it is communicated compare signifier sense 2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Binet’s characters carry on with all of the arbitrariness of signifiers that have been freed from their signifieds. Sven Birkerts, New Republic, 20 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

signified

verb

past tense of signify
1
as in mattered
to be of importance never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • mattered
  • meant
  • weighed
  • counted
  • influenced
  • affected
  • imported
  • carried weight
  • cut ice
  • concerned
  • swayed
  • added up (to)
  • amounted (to)
2
as in meant
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the symbol failed to signify anything to me—until I realized that it was upside down

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • meant
  • denoted
  • implied
  • indicated
  • intended
  • expressed
  • spelled
  • symbolized
  • suggested
  • connoted
  • imported
  • represented
  • inferred
  • explained
  • hinted
  • intimated
  • signaled
  • announced
  • mentioned
  • embodied
  • specified
  • proclaimed
  • epitomized
  • personified
  • adverted
  • signalled
  • cited
  • insinuated
  • designated
  • declared
  • elucidated
  • symbolled
  • symboled
  • instanced
  • touched (on or upon)
  • alluded (to)
  • added up (to)
  • amounted (to)
  • pointed (to)
  • referred (to)
3
as in indicated
to serve as a sign or symptom of the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • indicated
  • meant
  • denoted
  • betokened
  • presaged
  • boded
  • foretold
  • pointed (to)
  • told (of)
  • foreshowed
  • bespoke
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