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Antonyms for signals

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sig-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪg nl

Definition of signals

Origin :
  • late 14c., "visible sign, indication," from Old French signal, seignal "seal, imprint, sign, mark," from Medieval Latin signale "a signal," from Late Latin signalis (adj.) "used as a signal, pertaining to a sign," from Latin signum "signal, sign" (see sign (n.)). Restricted sense "agreed-upon sign (to commence or desist, etc.) is from 1590s. Meaning "modulation of an electric current" is from 1855.
  • noun indication; authorization
  • verb indicate; give a sign to
Example sentences :
  • Signals were exchanged, and our ship, which was then well off the land, ran in and spoke the Sully.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The signals were the short and long, or 'dots' and 'dashes' of the Morse code.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • I've been a true consort to my Phoebe since she agreed to look to me for signals.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • In the fields and woods, meanwhile, there were other signs and signals of the summer.
  • Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various
  • He tried to read the signals, but they were in code, or in the Mercutian tongue, which was just as bad.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • We love to run past the signals, in our railroading and in our thinking.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • You have come here, I brought you with my signals for help—brought you to your death.
  • Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Their radio has prepared us; our signals have guided them home.
  • Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • From here the signals are sent that give notice of arriving ships.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • The air was shocked by fulminate blasts—the signals of the careless Scheff.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

Synonyms for signals

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