"signal" meaning in English

See signal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnəl/ Audio: En-us-signal.ogg [US]
enPR: sĭgʹnəl Rhymes: -ɪɡnəl Etymology: From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{der|en|fro|segnal}} Old French segnal, {{m|fro|seignal}} seignal, {{der|en|ML.|signāle}} Medieval Latin signāle, {{der|en|LL.|signālis}} Late Latin signālis, {{der|en|la|signum}} Latin signum Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} signal (not comparable)
  1. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: eminent, noteworthy, significant, important, notable Related terms: signature [adjective]
    Sense id: en-signal-en-adj-csmOJAz3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: signall

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnəl/ Audio: En-us-signal.ogg [US] Forms: signals [plural]
enPR: sĭgʹnəl Rhymes: -ɪɡnəl Etymology: From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{der|en|fro|segnal}} Old French segnal, {{m|fro|seignal}} seignal, {{der|en|ML.|signāle}} Medieval Latin signāle, {{der|en|LL.|signālis}} Late Latin signālis, {{der|en|la|signum}} Latin signum Head templates: {{en-noun}} signal (plural signals)
  1. A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-asuOpTu2
  2. Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-AZH1VOKt
  3. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action. Translations (sign made to give notice): sinjal [masculine] (Albanian), ⁧إِشَارَة⁩ (ʔišāra) [feminine] (Arabic), ազդանշան (azdanšan) (Armenian), ազդակ (azdak) (Armenian), siqnal (Azerbaijani), сігна́л (sihnál) [masculine] (Belarusian), знак (znak) [masculine] (Belarusian), ইশারা (iśara) (Bengali), সংকেত (śoṅket) (Bengali), сигна́л (signál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လက္ခဏာ (lakhka.na) (Burmese), senyal [masculine] (Catalan), 信號 (Chinese Mandarin), 信号 (xìnhào) (Chinese Mandarin), znamení [neuter] (Czech), signál [masculine] (Czech), signal [neuter] (Danish), signaal [neuter] (Dutch), sein [neuter] (Dutch), signalo (Esperanto), signaal (Estonian), merkki (Finnish), signaali (Finnish), signal [masculine] (French), sinal [masculine] (Galician), სიგნალი (signali) (Georgian), Signal [neuter] (German), σήμα (síma) [neuter] (Greek), ⁧אוֹת⁩ (ot) [masculine] (Hebrew), ⁧סִיגְנָל⁩ (signál) [masculine] (Hebrew), संकेत (saṅket) [masculine] (Hindi), इशारा (iśārā) [masculine] (Hindi), jel (Hungarian), jelzés (Hungarian), jeladás (Hungarian), index (english: driving) (Hungarian), szignál (english: a tune) (Hungarian), isyarat (Indonesian), anggai (Indonesian), segnale [masculine] (Italian), 信号 (shingō) (alt: しんごう) (Japanese), 合図 (aizu) (alt: あいず) (Japanese), сигнал (signal) (Kazakh), តម្រុយ (tɑmroy) (Khmer), សង្កេត (sɑɑsɑngkeet) (Khmer), សញ្ញា (saññaa) (Khmer), 신호 (sinho) (alt: 信號) (Korean), сигнал (signal) (Kyrgyz), ສັນຍານ (san nyān) (Lao), signāls [masculine] (Latvian), signalas [masculine] (Lithuanian), сигнал (signal) [masculine] (Macedonian), isyarat (Malay), дохио (doxio) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (dokiy-a) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), signal [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), signal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧اشارت⁩ (işaret) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧اشاره⁩ (ešārá) [feminine] (Pashto), ⁧سيګنل⁩ (signál) [masculine] (Pashto), ⁧زيګنال⁩ (zignãl) [masculine] (Pashto), ⁧سیگنال⁩ (signâl) (Persian), ⁧اشاره⁩ (ešâre) (Persian), sygnał [masculine] (Polish), sinal [masculine] (Portuguese), semnal (Romanian), сигна́л (signál) [masculine] (Russian), знак (znak) [masculine] (Russian), сѝгна̄л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sìgnāl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), znamenie [neuter] (Slovak), signál [masculine] (Slovak), signal [masculine] (Slovene), señal [feminine] (Spanish), ishara (Swahili), signal [common-gender] (Swedish), ишора (išora) (Tajik), ишорат (išorat) (Tajik), сигнал (signal) (Tajik), సంజ్ఞ (sañjña) (alt: 1) (Telugu), సంకేతం (saṅkētaṁ) (Telugu), สัญญาณ (sǎn-yaan) (Thai), sinyal (Turkish), signal (Turkmen), сигна́л (syhnál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), знак (znak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ⁧اشاره⁩ (iśāra) [masculine] (Urdu), ⁧سىگنال⁩ (signal) (Uyghur), signal (Uzbek), ishora (Uzbek), tín hiệu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-ug4WoOEM Disambiguation of 'sign made to give notice': 4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2
  4. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-E49xsQ6D Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 6 7 6 10 20 5 11 3 4 4 9 14 2
  5. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party. Tags: Internet, TV, of a radio, usually Translations (telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information): сигна́л (signál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), senyal [masculine] (Catalan), 信号 (xìnhào) (Chinese Mandarin), signal [neuter] (Danish), signaal [neuter] (Dutch), signalo (Esperanto), signaali (Finnish), sinal [masculine] (Galician), jel [general] (Hungarian), rádiójel [radio, broadcasting, media] (Hungarian), térerő [telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Hungarian), térerősség (Hungarian), sinyal (Indonesian), segnale [masculine] (Italian), campo [masculine] (Italian), 電波 (denpa) (alt: でんぱ) (Japanese), signal [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), signal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sinal [masculine] (Portuguese), semnal [neuter] (Romanian), señal [feminine] (Spanish), signal [common-gender] (Swedish), sinyal (Turkish), tín hiệu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-KZHZ-zJ~ Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephone, telephony Disambiguation of 'telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information': 2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3
  6. An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty. Translations (action, change or process to convey information): signalo (Esperanto), señal [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-dHumZcWF Disambiguation of 'action, change or process to convey information': 1 11 4 2 16 33 1 20 8 3
  7. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. Translations (foreshadowing): знак (znak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), enne (Finnish), ennusmerkki (Finnish), pertanda (Indonesian), sinal [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-IAXRJYdI Disambiguation of 'foreshadowing': 6 3 4 3 4 1 68 3 6 3
  8. Useful information, as opposed to noise. Translations (useful information as opposed to noise): сигна́л (signál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), signaali (Finnish), sinal [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-zm2NydbO Disambiguation of 'useful information as opposed to noise': 1 4 1 1 8 4 1 74 3 3
  9. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence. Tags: Unix Categories (topical): Computing, Directives Translations (computing: simple interprocess communication): сигна́л (signál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), signaali (Finnish), signal (French), sinyal (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-o5sMtN4N Disambiguation of Directives: 1 17 2 5 1 18 2 4 2 40 1 3 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: simple interprocess communication': 7 3 2 4 12 3 2 5 59 5
  10. (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-signal-en-noun-r6iEVyT7 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: signall Related terms: signature, signet, tocsin Translations (device to give indication): семафо́р (semafór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), senyal [masculine] (Catalan), signál [masculine] (Czech), signal [neuter] (Danish), sein [neuter] (Dutch), opastin (Finnish), merkinantolaite (Finnish), signal [masculine] (French), sinal [masculine] (Galician), Signal [masculine] (German), szemafor (Hungarian), jelzőberendezés (Hungarian), segnale [masculine] (Italian), signal [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), signal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sygnał [masculine] (Polish), sinal [masculine] (Portuguese), semnal indicator [neuter] (Romanian), semnalizator [neuter] (Romanian), señal [feminine] (Spanish), signal [common-gender] (Swedish)

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnəl/ Audio: En-us-signal.ogg [US] Forms: signals [present, singular, third-person], signalling [UK, participle, present], signaling [US, participle, present], signalled [UK, participle, past], signalled [UK, past], signaled [US, participle, past], signaled [US, past]
enPR: sĭgʹnəl Rhymes: -ɪɡnəl Etymology: From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{der|en|fro|segnal}} Old French segnal, {{m|fro|seignal}} seignal, {{der|en|ML.|signāle}} Medieval Latin signāle, {{der|en|LL.|signālis}} Late Latin signālis, {{der|en|la|signum}} Latin signum Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=signaled|past2_qual=US|past_qual=UK|pres_ptc2=signaling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|pres_ptc_qual=UK}} signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle (UK) signalling or (US) signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) signalled or (US) signaled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to indicate): σημειόω (sēmeióō) (Ancient Greek), сигнализирам (signaliziram) (Bulgarian), give signal (Danish), signalere (Danish), viestittää (Finnish), signaloida (Finnish), opastaa (Finnish), signaler (French), signalisieren (German), jelez (Hungarian), jelt ad (Hungarian), jelöl (Hungarian), indexel (Hungarian), segnalare (Italian), indicare (Italian), signalizuoti (Lithuanian), rota (english: by using hands) (Maori), rotarota (english: by using hands) (Maori), whakapua (note: with smoke) (Maori), (note: with a call) (Maori), сигнализи́ровать (signalizírovatʹ) (Russian), sincalijari (Sicilian), sinnari (Sicilian), nnicari (Sicilian), señalar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-signal-en-verb-6Cv9U~hQ Disambiguation of 'to indicate': 98 2
  2. (transitive) To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-signal-en-verb-bibBpfgN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: signall Derived forms: missignal, oversignal, undersignal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for signal meaning in English (40.9kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "useful information",
      "word": "noise"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "analog signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ball signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "block signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "busy signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cab signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clock signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colour light signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "danger signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "danger-signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "digital signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "digital signal processing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "distant signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "distress signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "false signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fast busy signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fog signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gang signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ground signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hand signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "home signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hypersignal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hyposignal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mixed signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phylosignal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "price signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "radio signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "right-away signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "semaphore signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal aspect"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal boost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal box"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signalbox"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal bridge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal cabin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal check"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal crayfish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal fire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal gantry"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal indication"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal lad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signalless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signalman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal-noise ratio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal phrase"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal pistol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal post"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signalpost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal strength"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal-to-noise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal-to-noise ratio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signal transduction"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signalwoman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "smoke signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "smoke-signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "somersault signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "starter signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "starting signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stop signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "time-signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "time signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "traffic signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "traffic signal box"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "turn signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "virtue signal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "segnal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French segnal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seignal"
      },
      "expansion": "seignal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "signāle"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "signālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin signālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "signum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin signum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "signals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "signal (plural signals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧nal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signature"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tocsin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-asuOpTu2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-AZH1VOKt"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-ug4WoOEM",
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinjal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔišāra",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧إِشَارَة⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "azdanšan",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ազդանշան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "azdak",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ազդակ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "siqnal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sihnál",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сігна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "znak",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "iśara",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ইশারা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śoṅket",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "সংকেত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "lakhka.na",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "လက္ခဏာ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "senyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "信號"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xìnhào",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "信号"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "znamení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "signalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "signaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "merkki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "signaali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "signali",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "სიგნალი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "síma",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σήμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ot",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧אוֹת⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧סִיגְנָל⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "saṅket",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "संकेत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "iśārā",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "इशारा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "jel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "jelzés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "jeladás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "driving",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "index"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "a tune",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "szignál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "isyarat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "anggai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "segnale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "alt": "しんごう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shingō",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "信号"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "alt": "あいず",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aizu",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "合図"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "signal",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "сигнал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tɑmroy",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "តម្រុយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkeet",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "សង្កេត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "saññaa",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "សញ្ញា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "alt": "信號",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sinho",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "신호"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "signal",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "сигнал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "san nyān",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ສັນຍານ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signāls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signalas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "signal",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигнал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "isyarat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "doxio",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "дохио"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "dokiy-a",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "işaret",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "⁧اشارت⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "ešārá",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧اشاره⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧سيګنل⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "zignãl",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧زيګنال⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "signâl",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "⁧سیگنال⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ešâre",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "⁧اشاره⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sygnał"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "semnal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "znak",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сѝгна̄л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sìgnāl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "znamenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "señal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ishara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "išora",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ишора"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "išorat",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ишорат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "signal",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "сигнал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "alt": "1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "sañjña",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "సంజ్ఞ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "saṅkētaṁ",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "సంకేతం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎn-yaan",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "สัญญาณ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "sinyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "syhnál",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znak",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "iśāra",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧اشاره⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "signal",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "⁧سىگنال⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "ishora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sign made to give notice",
          "word": "tín hiệu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 6 10 20 5 11 3 4 4 9 14 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-E49xsQ6D",
      "links": [
        [
          "semaphore",
          "semaphore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-KZHZ-zJ~",
      "links": [
        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
        [
          "voltage",
          "voltage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "TV",
        "of a radio",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications",
        "telephone",
        "telephony"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "senyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xìnhào",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "信号"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "signalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "signaali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "general"
          ],
          "word": "jel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "topics": [
            "radio",
            "broadcasting",
            "media"
          ],
          "word": "rádiójel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "topics": [
            "telephony",
            "telecommunications",
            "communications",
            "electrical-engineering",
            "engineering",
            "physical-sciences",
            "natural-sciences"
          ],
          "word": "térerő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "térerősség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "sinyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "segnale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "campo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "alt": "でんぱ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "denpa",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "電波"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "semnal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "señal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "sinyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 14 4 2 28 15 1 22 8 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
          "word": "tín hiệu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-dHumZcWF",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 4 2 16 33 1 20 8 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "action, change or process to convey information",
          "word": "signalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 4 2 16 33 1 20 8 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "action, change or process to convey information",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "señal"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year",
          "text": "There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-IAXRJYdI",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 4 3 4 1 68 3 6 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "znak",
          "sense": "foreshadowing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 4 3 4 1 68 3 6 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "foreshadowing",
          "word": "enne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 4 3 4 1 68 3 6 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "foreshadowing",
          "word": "ennusmerkki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 4 3 4 1 68 3 6 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "foreshadowing",
          "word": "pertanda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 4 3 4 1 68 3 6 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "foreshadowing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Useful information, as opposed to noise."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-zm2NydbO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Useful",
          "useful"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 1 1 8 4 1 74 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 1 1 8 4 1 74 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
          "word": "signaali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 1 1 8 4 1 74 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 17 2 5 1 18 2 4 2 40 1 3 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Directives",
          "orig": "en:Directives",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-o5sMtN4N",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "interprocess",
          "interprocess"
        ],
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
        ],
        [
          "notify",
          "notify"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Unix"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 3 2 4 12 3 2 5 59 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "signál",
          "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигна́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 3 2 4 12 3 2 5 59 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
          "word": "signaali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 3 2 4 12 3 2 5 59 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
          "word": "signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 3 2 4 12 3 2 5 59 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
          "word": "sinyal"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biochemistry",
          "orig": "en:Biochemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Chemistry",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A signalling interaction between cells"
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-noun-r6iEVyT7",
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "signalling",
          "signalling"
        ],
        [
          "interaction",
          "interaction"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signall"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "semafór",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семафо́р"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senyal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "opastin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "merkinantolaite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "szemafor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "jelzőberendezés"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segnale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sygnał"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semnal indicator"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semnalizator"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "señal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 10 38 1 1 44 1 2 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "signal"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "missignal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oversignal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "undersignal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "segnal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French segnal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seignal"
      },
      "expansion": "seignal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "signāle"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "signālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin signālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "signum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin signum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "signals",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signalling",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signaling",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signalled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signalled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signaled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signaled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++",
        "past2": "signaled",
        "past2_qual": "US",
        "past_qual": "UK",
        "pres_ptc2": "signaling",
        "pres_ptc2_qual": "US",
        "pres_ptc_qual": "UK"
      },
      "expansion": "signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle (UK) signalling or (US) signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) signalled or (US) signaled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧nal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I signalled my acquiescence with a nod.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He whistled to signal that we should stop.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "February 7 2024, Mel Holley, “Network News: LNER ditches Off-Peak for 70min semi-flexible fare”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 6",
          "text": "It is the latest step towards an airline-style advance booking-only system, which rail users have denounced as signalling the end of affordable, immediate travel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-verb-6Cv9U~hQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "indicate",
          "indicate"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "communicate",
          "communicate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "signaliziram",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "сигнализирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "give signal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "signalere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "viestittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "signaloida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "opastaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "signaler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "signalisieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sēmeióō",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "σημειόω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "jelez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "jelt ad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "jelöl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "indexel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "segnalare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "indicare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "signalizuoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "by using hands",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "rota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "by using hands",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "rotarota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "with smoke",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "whakapua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "with a call",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "hū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "signalizírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "сигнализи́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "sincalijari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "sinnari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "nnicari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to indicate",
          "word": "señalar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-verb-bibBpfgN",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "signal"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "segnal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French segnal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seignal"
      },
      "expansion": "seignal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "signāle"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "signālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin signālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "signum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin signum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "signal (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧nal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a signal exploit; a signal success; a signal act of benevolence"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Supplement",
          "text": "But, setting this view aside, dishonorable would it be in the South were she willing to abandon to shame the memory of brave men who with signal personal disinterestedness warred in her behalf, though from motives, as we believe, so deplorably astray.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement."
      ],
      "id": "en-signal-en-adj-csmOJAz3",
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "signature"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eminent"
        },
        {
          "word": "noteworthy"
        },
        {
          "word": "significant"
        },
        {
          "word": "important"
        },
        {
          "word": "notable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "signall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "signal"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "useful information",
      "word": "noise"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "en:Directives",
    "en:Rail transportation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "analog signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "ball signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "block signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "busy signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "cab signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "clock signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "colour light signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "danger signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "danger-signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "digital signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "digital signal processing"
    },
    {
      "word": "distant signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "distress signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "false signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "fast busy signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "fog signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "gang signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "ground signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "hand signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "home signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypersignal"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyposignal"
    },
    {
      "word": "mixed signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "phylosignal"
    },
    {
      "word": "price signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "radio signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "right-away signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "semaphore signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal aspect"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal boost"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal box"
    },
    {
      "word": "signalbox"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal bridge"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal cabin"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal check"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal crayfish"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal gantry"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal indication"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal lad"
    },
    {
      "word": "signalless"
    },
    {
      "word": "signalman"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal-noise ratio"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal phrase"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal pistol"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal post"
    },
    {
      "word": "signalpost"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal strength"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal-to-noise"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal-to-noise ratio"
    },
    {
      "word": "signal transduction"
    },
    {
      "word": "signalwoman"
    },
    {
      "word": "smoke signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "smoke-signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "somersault signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "starter signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "starting signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "stop signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "time-signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "time signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "traffic signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "traffic signal box"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "virtue signal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "segnal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French segnal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seignal"
      },
      "expansion": "seignal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "signāle"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "signālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin signālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "signum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin signum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "signals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "signal (plural signals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧nal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "signature"
    },
    {
      "word": "signet"
    },
    {
      "word": "tocsin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semaphore",
          "semaphore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
        [
          "voltage",
          "voltage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "TV",
        "of a radio",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications",
        "telephone",
        "telephony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year",
          "text": "There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Useful information, as opposed to noise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Useful",
          "useful"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "interprocess",
          "interprocess"
        ],
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
        ],
        [
          "notify",
          "notify"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Unix"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A signalling interaction between cells"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "signalling",
          "signalling"
        ],
        [
          "interaction",
          "interaction"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "signall"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinjal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔišāra",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧إِشَارَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "azdanšan",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ազդանշան"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "azdak",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ազդակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "siqnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sihnál",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сігна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "znak",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "iśara",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ইশারা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śoṅket",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "সংকেত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lakhka.na",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "လက္ခဏာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "信號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnhào",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "信号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "znamení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signál"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "signalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "signaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "merkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "signaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "signali",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "სიგნალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "síma",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σήμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ot",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧אוֹת⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧סִיגְנָל⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saṅket",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "संकेत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "iśārā",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "इशारा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "jel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "jelzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "jeladás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "driving",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "index"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "a tune",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "szignál"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "isyarat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "anggai"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segnale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんごう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shingō",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "信号"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あいず",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aizu",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "合図"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "signal",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "сигнал"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tɑmroy",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "តម្រុយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkeet",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "សង្កេត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saññaa",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "សញ្ញា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "信號",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinho",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "신호"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "signal",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "сигнал"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "san nyān",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ສັນຍານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signāls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "signal",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигнал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "isyarat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "doxio",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дохио"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dokiy-a",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "işaret",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "⁧اشارت⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ešārá",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧اشاره⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧سيګنل⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zignãl",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧زيګنال⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "signâl",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "⁧سیگنال⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ešâre",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "⁧اشاره⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sygnał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "semnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znak",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сѝгна̄л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sìgnāl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "znamenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signál"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "señal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ishara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "išora",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ишора"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "išorat",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ишорат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "signal",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "сигнал"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sañjña",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "సంజ్ఞ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "saṅkētaṁ",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "సంకేతం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎn-yaan",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "สัญญาณ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "sinyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "syhnál",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znak",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "iśāra",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧اشاره⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "signal",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "⁧سىگنال⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "ishora"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sign made to give notice",
      "word": "tín hiệu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "semafór",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семафо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signál"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "opastin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "merkinantolaite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "szemafor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "word": "jelzőberendezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segnale"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sygnał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semnal indicator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semnalizator"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "señal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device to give indication",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnhào",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "信号"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "signalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "signaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "jel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "topics": [
        "radio",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "rádiójel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "topics": [
        "telephony",
        "telecommunications",
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "térerő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "térerősség"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "sinyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segnale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "campo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんぱ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denpa",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "電波"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "señal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "sinyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
      "word": "tín hiệu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "action, change or process to convey information",
      "word": "signalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action, change or process to convey information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "señal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "znak",
      "sense": "foreshadowing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foreshadowing",
      "word": "enne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foreshadowing",
      "word": "ennusmerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "foreshadowing",
      "word": "pertanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "foreshadowing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
      "word": "signaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "signál",
      "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сигна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
      "word": "signaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
      "word": "sinyal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "signal"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Directives",
    "en:Rail transportation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "missignal"
    },
    {
      "word": "oversignal"
    },
    {
      "word": "undersignal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "segnal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French segnal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seignal"
      },
      "expansion": "seignal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "signāle"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "signālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin signālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "signum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin signum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "signals",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signalling",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signaling",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signalled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signalled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signaled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signaled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++",
        "past2": "signaled",
        "past2_qual": "US",
        "past_qual": "UK",
        "pres_ptc2": "signaling",
        "pres_ptc2_qual": "US",
        "pres_ptc_qual": "UK"
      },
      "expansion": "signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle (UK) signalling or (US) signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) signalled or (US) signaled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧nal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I signalled my acquiescence with a nod.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He whistled to signal that we should stop.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "February 7 2024, Mel Holley, “Network News: LNER ditches Off-Peak for 70min semi-flexible fare”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 6",
          "text": "It is the latest step towards an airline-style advance booking-only system, which rail users have denounced as signalling the end of affordable, immediate travel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "indicate",
          "indicate"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "communicate",
          "communicate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "signall"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "signaliziram",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "сигнализирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "give signal"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "signalere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "viestittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "signaloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "opastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "signaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "signalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sēmeióō",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "σημειόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "jelez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "jelt ad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "jelöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "indexel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "segnalare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "indicare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "signalizuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "by using hands",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "rota"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "by using hands",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "rotarota"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "with smoke",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "whakapua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "with a call",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "hū"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "signalizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "сигнализи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "sincalijari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "sinnari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "nnicari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to indicate",
      "word": "señalar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "signal"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Directives",
    "en:Rail transportation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "follow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "segnal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French segnal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seignal"
      },
      "expansion": "seignal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "signāle"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "signālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin signālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "signum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin signum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "signal (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sig‧nal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "signature"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a signal exploit; a signal success; a signal act of benevolence"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Supplement",
          "text": "But, setting this view aside, dishonorable would it be in the South were she willing to abandon to shame the memory of brave men who with signal personal disinterestedness warred in her behalf, though from motives, as we believe, so deplorably astray.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eminent"
    },
    {
      "word": "noteworthy"
    },
    {
      "word": "significant"
    },
    {
      "word": "important"
    },
    {
      "word": "notable"
    },
    {
      "word": "signall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "signal"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.