Synonyms of the word

sign

• n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
• n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
• n. (astrology) An astrological sign.
• n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero).
• n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically,…
• n. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
• n. An omen.
• n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed…
• n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
• v. To make a mark.
• v. To make the sign of the cross.
• v. To indicate.

augury

• n. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
• n. (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
• n. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

bless

• v. To make something blessed; to confer blessing upon.
• v. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (oneself).
• v. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
• v. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
• v. (obsolete) To wave; to brandish.
• v. (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
• v. (archaic) To secure, defend, or preserve from.
• interj. (Britain, informal) Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.

clew

• n. (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
• n. (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
• n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
• n. (nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting…
• n. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
• n. Archaic form of clue.
• v. (transitive) to roll into a ball.
• v. (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail).

clue

• n. (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the…
• n. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
• n. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
• n. (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick).
• v. To provide with a clue.
• v. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

communicate

• v. To impart.
• v. To share.

communication

• n. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
• n. (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
• n. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
• n. The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
• n. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
• n. A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
• n. (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
• n. (obsolete) Association; company.
• n. Participation in Holy Communion.
• n. (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says…

communicative

• adj. Eager to communicate; talkative.

communicatory

• adj. Whose function is to communicate.

construction

• n. The process of constructing.
• n. Anything that has been constructed.
• n. The trade of building structures.
• n. A building, model or some other structure.
• n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
• n. The manner in which something is built.
• n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
• n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
• n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
• n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

contract

• n. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or…
• n. (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at…
• n. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
• n. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
• n. (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
• adj. (obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
• adj. (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
• v. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to…
• v. (transitive) To enter into a contract with.
• v. (transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
• v. (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
• v. (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
• v. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
• v. To betroth; to affiance.

cue

• n. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
• n. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word…
• n. A hint or intimation.
• n. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
• n. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing…
• v. To give someone a cue signal.
• v. (by extension) To spark or provoke.
• n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
• n. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the…
• v. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
• v. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

employ

• n. The state of being an employee; employment.
• v. To hire (somebody for work or a job).
• v. To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
• v. To make busy.

engage

• v. (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
• v. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
• v. (heading) To interact contractually.
• v. (heading) To interact mechanically.
• v. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

evidence

• n. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
• n. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
• n. One who bears witness.
• v. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

experience

• n. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
• n. (countable) An activity which one has performed.
• n. (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge,…
• n. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
• v. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions…

foretoken

• n. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.
• v. To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage.

formalise

• v. Alternative spelling of formalize.

formalize

• v. To give something a definite form; to shape.
• v. To give something a formal or official standing.
• v. To act with formality.

gesticulate

• v. (intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
• v. (transitive) To say or express through gestures.

gestural

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.
• adj. (art) Relating to gesturalism.

gesture

• n. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
• n. An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
• n. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
• v. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.

grounds

• n. plural of ground.
• n. (law) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce.".
• n. The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.
• n. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

hire

• n. Payment for the temporary use of something.
• n. (obsolete) Reward, payment.
• n. The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
• n. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
• v. (transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
• v. (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone…
• v. (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
• v. (transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
• v. (intransitive) To accept employment.

house

• n. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
• n. The people who live in a house; a household.
• n. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
• n. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or…
• n. A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre,…
• n. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
• n. (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a…
• n. A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
• n. (figuratively) a place of rest or repose.
• n. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
• n. An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
• n. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
• n. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
• n. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
• n. Lotto; bingo.
• n. (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
• v. (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
• v. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
• v. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
• v. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
• v. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
• v. (obsolete) To drive to a shelter.
• v. (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
• v. (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
• n. (music) House music.

intercommunicate

• v. To communicate, one with another.
• v. To be interconnected.

lay

• v. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
• v. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
• v. (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
• v. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
• v. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
• v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
• v. (law) To state; to allege.
• v. (military) To point; to aim.
• v. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
• v. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
• v. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
• v. To apply; to put.
• v. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
• v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
• v. To present or offer.
• n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
• n. A share of the profits in a business.
• n. The direction a rope is twisted.
• n. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
• n. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
• n. (slang, archaic) A plan; a scheme.
• n. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
• n. A lake.
• adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
• adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
• adj. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
• v. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
• v. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
• n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
• n. (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
• n. (obsolete) A law.
• n. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
• v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

mansion

• n. A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
• n. (Britain) A luxurious flat (apartment).
• n. (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
• n. (obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
• n. (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.
• n. (Chinese astronomy) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings…
• n. Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.

mark

• n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
• n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
• n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
• n. (heading) Attention.
• v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
• v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
• v. To take note of.
• v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
• v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
• v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
• v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
• v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
• v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
• v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
• n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
• n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
• n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
• n. A mark coin.
• v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

oppositeness

• n. The state or condition of being opposite.

opposition

• n. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
• n. An opposite or contrasting position.
• n. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees…
• n. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
• n. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent…
• n. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance…

part

• n. A portion; a component.
• n. Duty; responsibility.
• n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
• n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
• n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
• v. (intransitive) To leave.
• v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
• v. (transitive) To divide in two.
• v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
• v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
• v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
• v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
• v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
• v. To leave; to quit.
• v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
• adj. Fractional; partial.
• adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.

place

• n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
• n. A location or position in space.
• n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
• n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
• n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
• n. A frame of mind.
• n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
• n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
• n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
• n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
• n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
• n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
• v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
• v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
• v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
• v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
• v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
• v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
• v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
• v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

polarity

• n. The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
• n. Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
• n. (chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one…
• n. (grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative.
• n. (projective geometry) A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two.

pose

• n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
• v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
• v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
• v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
• n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
• n. Affectation.
• v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
• v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
• v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

put

• v. To place something somewhere.
• v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
• v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
• v. To express something in a certain manner.
• v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
• v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
• v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
• v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
• v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
• v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
• v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
• v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
• n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
• n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
• n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
• n. An old card game.
• n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.

ratify

• v. (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

region

• n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable…
• n. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
• n. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number…
• n. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
• n. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
• n. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
• n. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental…

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

signal

• n. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted…
• n. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
• n. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage…
• n. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
• n. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
• n. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate.
• adj. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

signaling

• v. present participle of signal.
• n. (usually biochemistry) The sending of a biochemical or other type of signal.

signalise

• v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of signalize.

signalize

• v. (transitive) To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common.
• v. (transitive) To communicate with by means of a signal.
• v. (humorous or nonstandard) To make something noticeable, different, remarkable or conspicuous, especially…
• v. (nonstandard, transitive) To signal; to indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal.
• v. (nonstandard) To install a traffic signal at an intersection that is currently regulated by stop signs.

signboard

• n. (US) A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted.

signed

• adj. (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.
• adj. Having a signature, endorsed.
• adj. (of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of sign.

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

subscribe

• v. (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for…
• v. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
• v. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
• v. To pay money to be a member of an organization.
• v. (intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
• v. (transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
• v. (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company.
• v. (transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
• v. (archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
• v. (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
• v. (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To declare over one's signature; to publish.

undertake

• v. (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
• v. (informal) To overtake on the wrong side.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
• v. (obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on.
• v. (obsolete) To engage with; to attack.
• v. (obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear.
• v. (obsolete) To have or take charge of.

validate

• v. To render valid.
• v. To check or prove the validity of; verify.

write

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
• v. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To send written information to.
• v. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
• v. (intransitive) To be an author.
• v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
• v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
• v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
• v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
• n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.