1. Having a handwritten signature
   "a signed letter"
    
2. Used of the language of the deaf
   "The signed-language interpreter conveyed the speech to the audience";
   - gestural, sign, sign-language
    
3. (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative values
   "The program used signed integers to represent both credits and debits"

1. Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
   "Have you signed your contract yet?";
   - ratify
    
2. Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
   "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here";
   - subscribe [formal]
    
3. Be engaged by a written agreement
   "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"
    
4. Engage by written agreement
   "They signed two new pitchers for the next season";
   - contract, sign on, sign up
    
5. Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
   "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The hikers signd their location to the rescue helicopter";
   - signal, signalize, signalise [Brit]
    
6. Communicate in sign language
   "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"
    
7. Place signs, as along a road
   "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"
    
8. Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
   "The priest signed the infant's forehead";
   - bless

See also: autographed, communicative, communicatory, sign away, sign in, subscribed

Type of: communicate, contract, employ, engage, formalise [Brit], formalize, gesticulate, gesture, hire, intercommunicate, lay, motion, place, pose, position, put, set, take on, undertake, validate, write

Antonym: unsigned

Encyclopedia: Signed, Sealed & Delivered