signature

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Your name written by yourself, used to show who you are or that you approve something.

   Please add your signature at the bottom of the contract.

2. 2
   noun

   A feature or product that someone is especially known for.

   Rabbit in mustard sauce is the chef's signature.

3. 3
   adj

   Showing what is special or typical about a particular person or thing.

   Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.

Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”).

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