signed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪnd/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

signed (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.

   It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.

2. Having a signature, endorsed.

   The signed check could be cashed.

3. (of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
   • 2013: Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins, Wilderness Press, p. 64 [1]

     Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles…

Antonyms

• unsigned

Translations

(mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有符號, 有符号 (yǒu fúhào), 帶號, 带号 (dàihào)

• Czech: se znaménkem
• French: signé (fr)
• Italian: con segno

• Japanese: 符号付き (ふごうつき, fugō-tsuki)
• Polish: ze znakiem
• Portuguese: com sinal
• Russian: со знаком (so znakom)
• Tagalog: maytanda

having a signature, endorsed

• Czech: podepsaný (cs)
• Manx: fo-screeuit

• Russian: подписанный (ru) (podpisannyj)
• Turkish: imzalı (tr)

Verb

signed

1. simple past tense and past participle of sign

Anagrams

• deigns, design, dinges, sdeign, singed