HOW TO PRONOUNCE
signature
/ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ/
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Stress “sig” and keep the “g” audible.
Use three syllables with a hard g before n. After the light middle vowel, use the ch sound of chair before the final r-colored vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Her signature appears at the bottom.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does signature mean?
noun
- 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.
More meanings (11)
noun
- Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
- A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
- A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
- Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
- (figuratively) A mark or sign of implication.
- A distinguishing feature or product.
- A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
- Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details.
- (obsolete) A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
adjective
- Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
verb
- To sign with one's signature, to write one's signature on.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Thanks to the traveller’s fifty-seven francs, Thénardier had been able to avoid a protest and to honor his signature.
Indorsing notes has become chronic with you, and at every loss he gets your signature for whatever amount he wants.
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The brief invitation had been spread over two pages, and the Colonel had difficulties with the signature which he did not instantly surmount.
The Sarawak flag is the badge of his office, and his position and duties are defined in a document bearing the Rajah's signature.
These reports were put in under my signature, though not at all made by me, as also was another of a very grave nature.