signed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪnd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

signed (not comparable)

1. Having a signature; endorsed.

   The signed check could be cashed.

2. (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.

   It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.

3. (of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
   • 2013, Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins, Wilderness Press, page 64:

     Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles.

Antonyms

• unsigned

Hyponyms

• self-signed

Derived terms

• flat signed
• signed magnitude

 

Translations

having a signature, endorsed

• Czech: podepsaný (cs)
• Finnish: allekirjoitettu
• Georgian: ხელმოწერილი (xelmoc̣erili)
• Manx: fo-screeuit
• Polish: podpisany
• Russian: подписанный (ru) (podpisannyj)
• Turkish: imzalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: підпи́саний (pidpýsanyj)

(mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有符號／有符号 (yǒu fúhào), 帶號／带号 (dàihào)

• Czech: se znaménkem
• Finnish: etumerkillinen (fi)
• French: signé (fr)
• Italian: con segno
• Japanese: 符号付き (ふごうつき, fugō-tsuki)
• Polish: ze znakiem
• Portuguese: com sinal
• Russian: со знаком (so znakom)
• Tagalog: maytanda

Verb

signed

1. simple past and past participle of sign

Anagrams

• Edgins, deigns, design, dinges, gnides, nidges, sdeign, singed