sign

/saɪn/

意味: しるし、標識

例文: The “Cake Ahead” sign caused excitement.
　　  「この先ケーキあり」の標識が興奮を呼んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: road sign(道路標識), sign language(手話), sign up(登録する)

定義: 何かを示すための記号やマーク、または何かを知らせるための合図や表示。例えば、道路標識や広告の看板などが含まれます。また、手話のように、言葉を使わずに意思を伝える方法も「サイン」と呼ばれます。

signは約8,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
Noun: a public display of a message
Noun: any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
Noun: structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
Noun: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
Noun: (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
Noun: having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
Noun: an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Noun: a gesture that is part of a sign language
Noun: a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified; –de Saussure
Noun: a character indicating a relation between quantities
Verb: mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on)
Verb: approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
Verb: be engaged by a written agreement
Verb: engage by written agreement
Verb: communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
Verb: place signs, as along a road
Verb: communicate in sign language
Verb: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
Adjective: used of the language of the deaf

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She held up a sign at the protest.(彼女は抗議で看板を掲げた。)
The sign on the door says “Closed.”(ドアの標識には「閉店」と書いてある。)
He gave a sign to start the race.(彼はレース開始の合図を出した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he showed signs of strain
Noun: they welcomed the signs of spring
Noun: he posted signs in all the shop windows
Noun: signals from the boat suddenly stopped
Noun: the highway was lined with signboards
Noun: there were no signs of asphyxiation
Noun: he got the polarity of the battery reversed
Noun: charges of opposite sign
Noun: he hoped it was an augury
Noun: it was a sign from God
Noun: The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary
Noun: don’t forget the minus sign
Verb: She signed the letter and sent it off
Verb: Please sign here
Verb: All parties ratified the peace treaty
Verb: Have you signed your contract yet?
Verb: He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18
Verb: The soprano signed to sing the new opera
Verb: They signed two new pitchers for the next season
Verb: He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture
Verb: The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu
Verb: sign an intersection
Verb: This road has been signed
Verb: I don’t know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): augury, bless, contract, foretoken, gestural, house, mansion, mark, planetary house, polarity, preindication, ratify, sign, sign of the zodiac, sign on, sign up, sign-language, signal, signaling, signalise, signalize, signboard, signed, star sign, subscribe

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): clue, communicate, communication, contract, evidence, experience, gesticulate, gesture, hire, language unit, mathematical notation, opposition, put, region, structure, validate, write

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): address, aerospace, air, airdock, altar, antagonism, antipode, antithesis, aphorize, apostrophize, appalling, applaud, appose, arcade, arch, area, arrange, ask, atmosphere, auditory communication, augury, balance, balcony, barrel, bascule, beck, beckon, bed, belt, binary notation, biosphere, black hole, bless, blog, boarding, body, bottle, bottom, bow, bridge, bucket, building, building complex, butt, carry, catchment, clap, co-sign, cock, coffin, coil, collocation, colonnade, column, come across, commune, conflict, contagion, contradiction, contradictoriness, contrariety, contrary, contrast, corner, county, cram, cross, cross oneself, curtsy, deathtrap, decimal notation, decimal point, deep space, defensive structure, depth, didacticism, discourse, display, dispose, disproof, distance, docket, document, door, duodecimal notation, eden, emplace, engage, ensconce, entablature, erection, establishment, exponent, expressive style, exsert, extremity, facial expression, false bottom, featherbed, fill, fingerspell, fixed-point notation, flash, flip side, floating-point notation, floor, flourish, formative, fountain, gesticulate, gesticulation, get, give, glycerolize, good time, gradable opposition, greet, grimace, ground, guide, handwrite, heliosphere, hell, hexadecimal notation, high-five, honeycomb, house of cards, housing, hull, imbricate, indication, infix notation, inflict, inform, insert, inside, install, intergalactic space, interplanetary space, intersperse, interstellar space, inverse, ionosphere, issue, jar, joke, jot down, jungle gym, juxtapose, kuiper belt, ladle, lamination, landing, language, lay, layer, lead, lean, lexeme, load, lookout, loss, mare, marshal, masonry, memorial, message, middle, misplace, morpheme, mound, mutual opposition, name, near-death experience, nestle, network, nod, numeration system, obstruction, octal notation, ordeal, out-of-body experience, outside, papua, paralanguage, parallelize, parenthesis-free notation, park, partition, perch, phone, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, plant, platform, poise, polarity, porch, position, post and lintel, postpose, prefab, prepose, previous question, probable cause, probate, project, projection, proof, psychic communication, public works, publication, rack up, radio, radius, rat, reach, recess, recline, rent, replace, repose, reposition, rest, reverse, rewrite, riddle, sail, scribble, seat, semaphore, set, set down, set-back, settle, shake, share, shelter, shelve, ship, shoebox, shrug, side, sign, sign of the cross, sign of the zodiac, signal, signboard, sind, siphon, situate, sow, space, speak, stadium, stand, step, stipulate, stratify, style, subcontract, superimpose, superpose, superstructure, supporting structure, syllable, symptom, talk, taste, tee, telecommunicate, telepathize, tertium quid, throw, time, top, tower, transept, trench, trestlework, trip, type, underlay, ungradable opposition, upend, v sign, vacuum, vaulting, vision, visual communication, voice, wave, ways, wellhead, whistle, wind tunnel, wink, word, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, written communication, yak, zodiac, zone

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): alarm, all clear, animal communication, autograph, billboard, bugle call, contract out, countersign, curfew, distress signal, dog-ear, drumbeat, electronic signal, endorse, equal sign, execute, flag, heliograph, high sign, indicator, initial, ink, input signal, minus sign, negativity, omen, output signal, phone number, plus sign, positivity, poster, radical sign, radio beacon, radio beam, recording, retreat, rubricate, sandwich board, scoreboard, semaphore, shingle, signpost, starting signal, storm signal, street sign, symbol, telegraphic signal, ticktack, time signal, token, undersign, visual signal, vital sign, war cloud, whistle, wigwag

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: contract, inaugurate, mark, polar, ratification, ratifier, sign, signal, signaler, signaling, signalize, signaller, signature, signer, signify, signing, subscription

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: medical, psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: business, conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: