SIGNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signed mean? 

• SIGNED (adjective)
  The adjective SIGNED has 2 senses:

1. having a handwritten signature

2. used of the language of the deaf

  Familiarity information: SIGNED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a handwritten signature

Context example:

a signed letter

Similar:

autographed (bearing an autograph)

subscribed ((of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end)

Antonym:

unsigned (lacking a signature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Used of the language of the deaf

Synonyms:

gestural; sign; sign-language; signed

Similar:

communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)

 Context examples 

I then signed to Mr. Peggotty to remain where he was, and emerged from their shade to speak to her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The date on which the final report is signed by the study director.

(Nonclinical Study End Date, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

This document is presented to and signed by the study subject.

(Consent form, NCI Thesaurus)

Emma called on her the next day, and found her doom already signed with regard to Randalls.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I would not give much for Mr. Rushworth's chance if Henry stept in before the articles were signed.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The will was duly finished, signed, and witnessed by my clerk.

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

On receipt of signed contract we shall be pleased to make you an advance on royalties of five thousand dollars.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I signed the paper as directed, and the lawyer took it away with him.

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

We were working over him, however, when he signed for paper and pencil.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The resulting study helps explain that rhythm is important for processing language whether spoken or signed.

(The Rhythms of Sign Language, NSF)