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Signature

Definitions: Signature

Signature

Noun

1. Your name written in your own handwriting.

2. A distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch".

3. A melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program.

4. The sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key.

5. A sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "signature" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Signature

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Signature 1. A set of function symbols with arities. 2. (Or sig) A few lines of information about the sender of an electronic mail message or news posting. Most Unix mail and news software will automagically append a signature from a file called .signature in the user's home directory to outgoing mail and news. A signature should give your real name and your e-mail address since, though these appear in the headers of your messages, they may be munged by intervening software. It is currently (1994) hip to include the URL of your home page on the World-Wide Web in your sig. The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo or one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote, fool file). However, large sigs are a waste of bandwidth, and it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's prestige on the net. See also doubled sig, sig virus. 2. A concept very similar to abstract base classes except that they have their own hierarchy and can be applied to compiled classes. Signatures provide a means of separating subtyping and inheritance. They are implemented in C++ as patches to GCC 2.5.2 by Gerald Baumgartner . (ftp://ftp.cs.purdue.edu/pub/gb/) (2001-01-05). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Biology & Biotechnology

A sequence of pointer years or pointer intervals(European usage). A sequence or set of tree-ring patterns, the crossdating relationship of which is distinct and sufficiently unique to make it visually identifiable(American usage). Source: European Union. (references)

Fine Arts

The musical theme identifying a television or radio programme, or an advertiser's product or service. Source: European Union. (references)
 A melody that is identified with a radio or television program; a signature. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

Sheets of paper laid one within the other to be sewed together. Source: European Union. (references)

Math

The types or domains, and order, in some representations, of inputs to and outputs from a function. (references)

Military & Defense

In naval mine warfare, the variation in the influence field produced by the passage of a ship or sweep. Source: European Union. (references)
 The characteristic pattern of the target displayed by detection and identification equipment. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Signature

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A signature is a usually stylized version of someone's name written on documents as a proof of identity, like a seal but handwritten.

Text automatically appended to E-mail and Newsgroup messages, usually including a name, contact info, and sometimes quotes and ASCII Art, is also called a signature.

A signature can be referred to in many ways, including the term "John Hancock", after the first of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Signatures are also known as autographs, particularly in the context of autograph collecting.

See also:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Signature."

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Synonyms: Signature

Synonyms: key signature (n), signature tune (n), theme song (n), touch (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: authenticator (computing, post & telecom).

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Synonyms within Context: Signature

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Compact

Ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil, signet.

Evidence

Signature, seal; (identification); exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence.

Indication

Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement.

Printing

Boldface, capitals, caps., catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, point system: -/, -/,, point, etc.; press room, press work; reglet, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay.

Record

Registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment; tabulation; entry, booking; signature; (identification); recorder; journalism.

Security

Acceptance, indorsement, signature, execution, stamp, seal.

Writing

Copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Signature

English words defined with "signature": accidental, agree, alla breve, allograph, Artist's proof, attestant, attestator, attested, attested to, attestor, autographcheck, common measure, common time, Comparison of hands, Consignature, co-ordinate, co-respondent, correspond, co-sign, cosigner, Counter signature, countersign, countersignatureendorsementfit, four-four timegibeIdiograph, ink, inscribejibe, John Hancockkey signaturematch, musical time signatureNom de plume, notarizeOnomasticparaph, postscript, PSRe-signSigil, sign, sign manual, Signable, signature tune, signed, subscribe, subscribed, subscription, Subscriptivetally, time signature, Tonic sol-faunattested, Under one's signature, Under the hand of, unsignedwitness. (references)
Specialty definitions using "signature": Accepted Draft, acquired rights clause, aircraft charter dispatcher, AIRPLANE-CHARTER CLERK, airplane-rental clerk, Approved By The Governor, authentic document, authentication or signature, automobile rental agent, AUTOMOBILE RENTAL CLERK, automobile rental representativebook sewer, BOOK-SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR I, Boz, BWERcachet of the customs service, car rental clerk, CHANGE PERSON, CHECK WRITER, Concurrent Resolution, Consular Visadecorator consultant, digital signature, Digital Signature Standard, digital signatures, DSSEcash, ENGRAVER, RUBBER, engraver, signature, executivefile signature, formal control, furniture-mover driver, FURNITURE-RENTAL CONSULTANThandwriting recognizerice seller, inews, Inflow Notch, infra red seeker, IR seekerJava archiveland cover, LOAN INTERVIEWER, MORTGAGE, loan officerMalagrowther, marked check, Moscow MLname slugobtaining a false certificate by fraudparallel random access machine, Pendant Echo, petty bank, PHENOLOGY or PHENOLOGICAL, PLATFORM ATTENDANT, public-key encryptionRamsbottom, ready for press, rejected-items clerk, rental clerk, furniture, RETURNED-ITEM CLERKSAFE-DEPOSIT-BOX RENTAL CLERK, signature card, signature loan, spectral signature, STATEMENT CLERK, subscribing witness, SUPERVISOR, RUBBER STAMPS AND DIES, SUPERVISOR, STATEMENT CLERKStape-sewing-machine operator, textural signature, to authenticateV Notch, VAN DRIVER. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Signature" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (endorsement, signature, signing up).

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Modern Usage: Signature

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract. (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo)

Pink is my signature color. (Steel Magnolias; writing credit: Robert Harling)

It's just a signature. (Full Circle; writing credit: Harry Bromley Davenport; Dave Humphries)

And you know what a paper of paper with a signature is? (The Majestic; writing credit: Michael Sloane)

Clever

A signature always reveals a man's character...and sometimes even his name. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

La Signature (1970)

Claudio Arrau Signature Performance Series (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Signature

DomainTitle

References

  • Signature Eyewear, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Diane: A Signature Life (reference)

  • Signature Flowers : A Revealing Collection of Celebrity Drawings (reference)

  • Signature Killers (True Crime (Pocket Books).) (reference)

  • Signature Style (reference)

  • The Signature Of God (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Galaxy Express 999, Vol 01 - Signature Edition (English Subtitles) (reference)

  • Rick Smith Signature Range Tips (reference)

  • Ron Howard Signature Collection (reference)

  • The Perfect Storm (Deluxe Collector Set Signature Series) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Signature

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Signature

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

The colorful "zigzag" on the right is not the work of a flamboyant artist, but the signature ... Credit: NASA.

Line engraving by J.C. Buttre, New York, published during the 19th Century. It includes a facsimile of Hopkins' signature. Credit: NAVY.

Engraving by G.F. Storm after a drawing by J.B. Longacre. The engraving, done for "Barstow's History of New Hampshire" during the mid-1800s, includes a facsimile of Woodbury's signature. He served as Secretary of the Navy in 1831-1834. Credit: NAVY.

Stipple engraving by G. Parker, after a painting by J. Vanderlyn, published during the 19th Century. He served as Secretary of the Navy in 1834-1838. A facsimile of his signature is printed below the portrait image. Credit: NAVY.

Engraved portrait after a sketch by Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia, 1889, reproduced with a facsimile of Thompson's signature. Smith Thompson served as Secretary of the Navy in 1819-1823 and as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1823 until his death. Credit: NAVY.

Geometric art on canvas with huge ornate signature. Credit: Library of Congress.

New York City--The Morse celebration at the Academy of Music, June 10th--Professor Morse manipulating his signature to the message telegraphed by Miss Sadie E. Cornwell. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Historic Usage: Signature

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

All persons without distinction of sex, more than twenty years old at the date of the voting, resident in the territory at the date of the signature of the present Treaty, will have the right to vote. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Signature

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It was indeed the signature of Fantine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Signature

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Depressed mood, the typical signature of depression, may be less prominent than other depressive symptoms such as loss of appetite, sleeplessness, anergia, and loss of interest and enjoyment of the normal pursuits of life. There is a wide spectrum of depressive symptomatology as well as types of available therapies. (references)

Business

The vehicles are branded as Toyota's Signature range. (references)

Large size consumers want to see the same designer signature in their sizes as for regular stock. (references)

The local banks do not currently accept payments made by credit card without a physical signature. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kuwait

However, married women who apply for passports must obtain their husbands' signature on the application form. (references)

Economic History

Spain

This must be done within 30 working days from the signature of the public deed. (references)

Mauritius

Agreements with Malawi, Uganda, Chile, Turkey, and Korea are awaiting signature. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

Coulibaly may face trial for carrying a travel authorization with a forged signature. (references)

India

In Madhya Pradesh such a bill, designed to combat the Naxalites, was pass early in 2000, was not enacted because it failed to receive Presidential signature. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

By year's end, General Coulibaly still had not been allowed to travel outside the country because, according to the DST, the Ministerial signature on his travel documents was not authorized; previously, they said it was forged. (references)

Minorities

Japan

Instead of fingerprinting, the Government established a family registry system that uses the resident's picture and signature and contains information on parents and spouses living in the country, a system similar to that used for citizens. (references)

Political Economy

BANGLADESH

Both sides are now finalizing the necessary clearances and approvals and final signature is expected to take place by late October 2001. (references)

HAITI

In late 2000, a Staff Monitored Program was negotiated with the IMF but the Government of Haiti was not able to meet the agreed benchmarks within the first quarter after signature. (references)

Political Rights

Moldova

This legislation awaited President Voronin's signature at year's end. (references)

Honduras

Each signature must be notarized on separate sheets of government stationery, each of which costs approximately $9 (150 lempiras). (references)

Azerbaijan

Several major opposition parties were disqualified from campaigning as a result of alleged falsifications in signature lists required for participation, only after international pressure were all major parties allowed to launch their campaigns. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Most lending takes the form of short term and/or signature loans. (references)

Taiwan

A positive development is the proposed Electronic Signature Law, which has passed the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. (references)

Argentina

This member of the firm is to be identified by the typing of the full name directly underneath the signature, followed by the typing of his title or position in the firm. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

According to NGO's involved in labor issues, in practice the provisions of collective bargaining agreements rarely go beyond the legal minimum standards established by the Government, and the agreements often merely are presented to worker representatives for signature rather than negotiation. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect. Following is an extract from an old book entitled, The Lunarian Astonished -- Pfeiffer & Co., Boston, 1803: LUNARIAN: Then when your Congress has passed a law it goes directly to the Supreme Court in order that it may at once be known whether it is constitutional? TERRESTRIAN: O no; it does not require the approval of the Supreme Court until having perhaps been enforced for many years somebody objects to its operation against himself -- I mean his client. The President, if he approves it, begins to execute it at once. LUNARIAN: Ah, the executive power is a part of the legislative. Do your policemen also have to approve the local ordinances that they enforce? TERRESTRIAN: Not yet -- at least not in their character of constables. Generally speaking, though, all laws require the approval of those whom they are intended to restrain. LUNARIAN: I see. The death warrant is not valid until signed by the murderer. TERRESTRIAN: My friend, you put it too strongly; we are not so consistent. LUNARIAN: But this system of maintaining an expensive judicial machinery to pass upon the validity of laws only after they have long been executed, and then only when brought before the court by some private person -- does it not cause great confusion? TERRESTRIAN: It does. LUNARIAN: Why then should not your laws, previously to being executed, be validated, not by the signature of your President, but by that of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? TERRESTRIAN: There is no precedent for any such course. LUNARIAN: Precedent. What is that? TERRESTRIAN: It has been defined by five hundred lawyers in three volumes each. So how can any one know?

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Signature

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Tony Orlando

Progressive rock was happening. And I just didn't think it would be competitive. Low and behold, not only was it a hit, it changed my life and became the signature theme song for me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Signature

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Balancing the budget requires only your vote and my signature.

George W. Bush

2001-2005With my signature, this act of Congress will create a new Department of Homeland Security, ensuring that our efforts to defend this country are comprehensive and united.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Signature

"Signature" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Signature" is used about 1,089 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%1,0896,927

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Signature

CountryName
USA

Signature Eyewear, Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Signature

Expressions using "signature": affix one's signature affix one's signature to a document append one's signature append the signature authentication or signature Counter signature digital signature digital Signature Standard file signature firm signature forge a signature forged signature joint signature key signature musical time signature obtain a signature pressure signature proxy signature put signature put signature to rhythmical signature signature equipment signature for the press signature group signature loan signature mark signature stamp signature tune specimen signature spiky signature target signature textural signature time signature under one's signature. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "signature": signature-model, signature-recognition.

Ending with "signature": counter-signature, fifty-signature, key-signature, time-signature.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Signature

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

signature

1,002

jordan publishing signature

74

signature vacation

615

coach signature

73

signature loan

523

flight signature support

72

signature theater

513

signature room

68

digital signature

334

doll signature

59

animated signature

317

signature properties

57

american furniture signature

245

bank signature

57

american signature

198

signature travel

55

email signature

197

signature realty

51

electronic signature

187

e mail signature

50

american home signature

183

free signature

48

signature theatres

180

signature dental

46

signature inn

173

signature dental plan

46

signature home

132

signature font

43

free animated signature

117

key signature

41

signature stamp

114

artist signature

39

signature tag

113

anime signature

36

signature a club

99

grand signature

34

signature loan with bad credit

97

free signature tag

33

kirkland signature

86

signature file

32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Signature

Language Translations for "signature"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

handtekening. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

nënshkrim (endorsement, hand, indorsation, indorsement, subscription), firmë (author, company, firm, house). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏توقيع (having smb. sign, quirk, signing up, subscription), ‏شارة موسيقية, ‏شارة الملزمة, ‏دليل المقام. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сигнатура, ключ (cab, clef, crib, key, keystone, keyword, peg, switch), лекарски указания върху рецепта, подписване (subscription), подпис (bond, hand, subscription). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

署名, . (various references)

   

Czech

  

podpis (subscription). (various references)

   

Danish

  

underskrift. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

handtekening, ondertekening. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

subskribo. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

توشیح , صحه , امضاء کردن (Sign), امضاء (Sign, Subscript), دستینه (Longhand). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

allekirjoitus (signing). (various references)

   

French

  

signature (signing up), indicatif musical. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

hantekening. (various references)

   

German

  

Unterschrift (caption), Signatur (press mark, shelf mark, symbol). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπογραφή (subscription). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חתימ" (autograph, conclusion, end, sign, signing up, subscription). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pecsét (blemish, cachet, gout, postmark, seal, signet, spot, stain, stamp), hullámprofil, aláírás (autograph, hand, signing, subscription, title). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

undirskrift. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tanda-tangan (autograph). (various references)

   

Italian

  

firma (by line, name, sign). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

落款 (sign and seal). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きめい (register, your name), しょめい (pen name), きちょう (basis, book-keeping, coming back to ones country, entry, keynote, pilot, precious, registry, returning from abroad, screen, valuable), かおう (king of flowers, peony), らっか" (optimism, sign and seal), シグナチャー , シグネチャー , じしょ (autograph, dictionary, document with the emperor's seal, estate, lexicon, one's own writing), ちょうい" (sealing, sign). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

서명 (Autograph, signatory, signing). (various references)

   

Malay

  

tanda-tangan. (various references)

   

Manx

  

screeuys, ennym screeuit. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

underskrift. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

firma (company, firm, sign). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ignaturesay

   

Portuguese

  

assinatura (byline, flat of the hand, hand, subscription). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

semnãturã (Frank, hand, Mark, subscription), iscãliturã (subscription), apostilã (apostil). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сигнатура, подпись (by line, hand, sign, signatures, signing up, subscription). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

signatura, potpis. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

firma (company, endorsement, firm, house, indorsation, indorsement, sign manual, signing), signatura (pressmark). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

underskrift, signatur (pressmark), påskrift (endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, inscription, label, superscription), namnteckning (autograph). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

pirmá, lagdâ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tanıtım müziği (signature tune, theme, theme song), nota imi, mühür (cachet, chop, impress, seal, signet), kaşe (cachet, seal, stamp), imza (autograph), ilacın kullanım şeklini yazan bölüm, işaret (augury, badge, character, chop, clew, clue, cue, device, distinguishing mark, earmark, ensign, foretoken, gesture, glimpse, graph, harbinger, hint, index, indication, indicator, landmark, logo, logotype, marker, note, pip, prognostic, prognostication, representation, sign, signal, symbol, symptom, token, touch, trace), damga (brand, cachet, cancellation, earmark, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, stamp, stigma). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

gol (arm, hand). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

власноручний підпис (onomastic), автограф (autograph), підписання. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

dấu hiệu (badge, note, sign, signal, token). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llofnodiad, llofnod (autograph). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

isayini (sergeant), ilisayini (sergeant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Signature

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

subnotatio. (various references)

Medieval Latin700-1500

signatura. (various references)

Italian900-Modern

firma. (various references)

Old French900-1400

signe. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Signature

Derivations

Words beginning with "signature": signatures. (additional references)

Words ending with "signature": countersignature. (additional references)

Words containing "signature": countersignatures. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Signature" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Higaturu, Pignataro, signator, signators, Signatura, signiature. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Signature"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "signature" (pronounced si"gnukher)
3-u kh ercaricature, curvature, expenditure, forfeiture, investiture, literature, musculature, tablature, temperature.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Signature

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gauntries.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-s-t-u"

-1 letter: angriest, astringe, ganister, gantries, granites, ingrates, rangiest, ruinates, sauteing, taurines, unitages, uranites, urinates.

-2 letters: aigrets, anestri, antsier, argents, augites, aunties, earings, easting, eatings, erasing, gainers, gaiters, garnets, gastrin, gaunter, granite, gratine, gratins, guineas, guitars, gunites, gurnets, gustier, gutsier, ingates, ingesta, ingrate, nastier, natures, nutrias, nutsier, ratines, ratings, reagins, regains, reginas, resting, retains.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: garnitures, granulites, guaranties, resaluting, sauntering, signatures, supergiant, treasuring.

 

+2 letters: inaugurates, outswearing, quarterings, readjusting, regulations, squattering, stranguries, supergiants, transfigure.

 

+3 letters: angularities, centrifugals, drumbeatings, expurgations, ingratitudes, ingurgitates, menstruating, neutralising, outorganizes, outspreading, pasteurising, pasteurizing, slaughtering, superheating, transfigured, transfigures, triangulates, understating, undertakings.

 

+4 letters: antibourgeois, antireligious, argentiferous, counterimages, deregulations, deuteragonist, garnetiferous, gastrocnemius, granularities, heartburnings, housetraining, mousetrapping, reregulations, restimulating, resuscitating, sequestrating, singularities, somersaulting, subgeneration, undercoatings, understaffing, understanding.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Signature


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 69 67 6E 61 74 75 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    ..    --.    -.    .-    -    ..-    .-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101001 01100111 01101110 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#105 &#103 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#117 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0069 0067 006E 0061 0074 0075 0072 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537573806786878471