Collocations for "sign"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sign" in context.
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sign
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [road, street, traffic, store, warning, chemical] sign
- take it as a [good, bad, positive, negative] sign
- the [dollar, pound, euro] sign
- the [minus, plus, division, multiplication] sign
- a [large, small, huge, colorful] sign
- a [rude, defiant, victory, V] sign
- at the first sign of [trouble, disease, infection]
- the [economy, patient, team] is showing signs of [recovery, decline]
- there was no sign of the [crook, suspect, child]
- the [frost, hail] was the sign of a [harsh, long] winter
- her [nod, look, movement] was a sign to [leave, go]
- made a [rude, offensive] sign (at)
- took it as a sign [to, of, that]
- a sign that you have [gone too far, pushed the limits]
- a sign from God
- am [waiting, looking] for a sign
- my [zodiac, star] sign is [Aquarius, Capricorn]
- [see, give, make] a sign
- [any, no] signs of [recovery, improvement, growth]
- signs of [rabies, bird flu, decay, disease]
- is a sign of [wealth, respect, maturity, honor]
- is a sign of the (changing) times
- a sign on a [keyboard, calculator, dashboard]
- [learn, teach, use] sign language
- [communicate, converse, talk] in sign language
- sign your [name, initials, signature, full name]
- sign [a contract, the bill, an agreement]
- sign [the petition, our guestbook]
- sign for a [package, delivery]
- sign and [date, return, submit]
- sign [below, here, in the space provided, on the dotted line]
- [please, don't forget to] sign
- sign into law
- signed his life away
- signing to [one another, each other]
- deaf [children, people, couple] were signing
- sign for [help, assistance]
- sign towards the [door, exit]
- sign in [at the desk, up front, online, at work]
- sign up for the [service, newsletter, account]
- sign out [before leaving, at work, from your account]
- sign off on the [job, bill, work]
- sign a [player, defender, goalkeeper]
- signed for [$15,000,000, a record amount]
'sign' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
LED
- administrator
- advisor
- agent
- alert
- applicant
- automatically
- bed
- blank
- cast
- caution
- certificate
- contract
- copy
- corner
- covenant
- cross
- date
- decoy
- delivery
- depression
- discharge
- disclaimer
- distinction
- duly
- easily
- empathy
- encouraging
- enlist
- entrance
- entry
- exit
- flu
- form
- guardian
- guess
- guest
- hash
- hold
- hopeful
- junction
- language
- lease
- left
- letter
- license
- line
- mandate
- mark
- membership