signature
A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
Noun 4 meanings
A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.
The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
Adjective 1 meaning
Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
“Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.”
Verb 1 meaning
To sign with one's signature, to write one's signature on.
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”).
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SIGNATURE at a glance
SIGNATURE has 9 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + G 2 + N 1 + A 1 + T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,627 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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