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Synonyms of signal in English

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signal¹

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noun

1‘the policeman raised his hand as a signal to stop’

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gesture, sign, wave, gesticulation, cue, prompt, indicator, indication, communication, message

alert, warning, tip-off

action, movement, motion

body language, kinesics

2‘the move by their rival was a clear signal that the company was in trouble’

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indication, sign, symptom, hint, pointer, suggestion, intimation, clue, manifestation, demonstration

token, testimony, evidence, attestation, proof

3‘the encroaching dark is a signal for people to emerge to dump their trash’

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cue, prompt, occasion, green light, incentive, impetus, impulse, stimulus

informal go-ahead

verb

1‘a lorry driver signalled to her to cross the road’

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gesture, sign, give a sign to, indicate, direct, motion, gesticulate

wave, beckon, nod

2‘the Community could signal displeasure by refusing to cooperate’

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indicate, show, express, communicate

announce, proclaim, declare, pronounce

3‘his death signals the end of an era’

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mark, signify, mean, be a sign of, spell, add up to, amount to, be evidence of, denote, imply, be symptomatic of, be a symptom of, reveal, manifest, designate

foretell, herald, bode, announce, be an indication of, indicate, point to, warn of, be a warning of, give a warning of, be an omen of, promise, threaten, presage, augur, portend, foreshadow, prophesy

literary betoken, foretoken, forebode, harbinger