signature

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈsɪɡ.nə.t͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈsɪɡ.nə.t͡ʃə/ See IPA manual

Freq #3461

Meanings

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

noun
A feature or product that someone is especially known for.

Rabbit in mustard sauce is the chef's signature.
3

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

Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a feature or product that... touch

3 adj · showing what is special or... iconic

Word family

Forms signatures

Derived forms countersignaturee-signatureimmunosignaturemultisignatureneurosignaturenonsignaturepresignaturesignaturalsignature-compatiblesignaturelesssignaturistsubsignature

Related forms autograph

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Phrases (1)

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signature tune
a melody closely associated with a performer or broadcast program

Noun + noun

Etymology

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”).

*sek- Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European signature Middle French signātūra la-med

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General Vocabulary

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# signature

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɪɡ.nə.t͡ʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɪɡ.nə.t͡ʃə/
**Frequency rank:** 3461

## Meanings
1. Your name written by yourself, used to show who you are or that you approve something.
2. A feature or product that someone is especially known for.
3. Showing what is special or typical about a particular person or thing.

## Examples
- Please add your signature at the bottom of the contract.
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is the chef's signature.
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.

## Derived Forms
- countersignature
- e-signature
- immunosignature
- multisignature
- neurosignature
- nonsignature
- presignature
- signatural
- signature-compatible
- signatureless
- signaturist
- subsignature

## Related Forms
- autograph

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sek-
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: signature
- Root: signātūra
- Affix: -ure - act

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Signature is 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”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sek-, Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-, Middle French signature, la-med signātūra. In current use it includes senses such as Your name written by yourself, used to show who you are or that you approve something and A feature or product that someone is especially known for.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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