signal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
signals from the boat suddenly stopped
Types & categories
- communication
- recording
- phone number
- starting signal
- storm signal
- beam
- ticktack
- time signal
- dog-ear
- animal communication
- warning signal
- distress signal
- all clear
- bugle call
- curfew
- retreat
- drumbeat
- telegraphic signal
- whistle
- high sign
- symbol
- visual signal
- indicator
- electronic signal
- radio beacon
- input
- output signal
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
notably out of the ordinary
the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
any incitement to action
he awaited the signal to start
Types & categories
Sense 5 verb
be a signal for or a symptom of
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Types & categories
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Sense 6 noun
an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bespeak |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distinguish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | call attention |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | signify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | signal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | signalize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recording |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phone number |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | starting signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ticktack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | time signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dog-ear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | animal communication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | warning signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distress signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | all clear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bugle call |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curfew |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retreat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drumbeat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telegraphic signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whistle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | high sign |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | symbol |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | visual signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indicator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electronic signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radio beacon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | input |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | output signal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | signal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sign language |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sign |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | signaler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | signer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wigwag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | semaphore |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heliograph |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whistle |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | impressive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | incitation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | signal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | indicator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tell |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | omen |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mark |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical energy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | interrupt |