signalize

English

Etymology

From signal +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡnəlaɪz/

Verb

signalize (third-person singular simple present signalizes, present participle signalizing, simple past and past participle signalized)

1. (transitive) To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common.
   • Burke

     It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves.

2. (transitive) To communicate with by means of a signal.

   a ship signalizes its consort

3. (humorous or nonstandard) To make something noticeable, different, remarkable or conspicuous, especially by gesticulation.
4. (nonstandard, transitive) To signal; to indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal.

   to signalize the arrival of a steamer

   • Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

     And yet... looking here at this bottle which by its number signalized the day when Colonel Freeleigh had stumbled and fallen six feet into the earth, Douglas could not find so much as a gram of dark sediment […]

5. (nonstandard) To install a traffic signal at an intersection that is currently regulated by stop signs.

Derived terms

• signalization