"signature" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-signature.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more signature [comparative], most signature [superlative]
enPR: sĭg′nəchər [General-Australian] Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre (“to sign”) from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{bor|en|frm|signature}} Middle French signature, {{bor|en|ML.|signātūra}} Medieval Latin signātūra, {{m|la|signāre||to sign}} signāre (“to sign”), {{m|la|signum||sign}} signum (“sign”), {{m|la|-tūra}} -tūra, {{m|la|-tūrus}} -tūrus, {{nc|ang|handseten|lit=hand setting}} Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} signature (not generally comparable, comparative more signature, superlative most signature)
  1. Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity. Tags: not-comparable, usually Synonyms: iconic Translations (Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity): фи́рменный (fírmennyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-adj-x3dDTEIo

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-signature.wav [Southern-England] Forms: signatures [plural]
enPR: sĭg′nəchər [General-Australian] Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre (“to sign”) from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{bor|en|frm|signature}} Middle French signature, {{bor|en|ML.|signātūra}} Medieval Latin signātūra, {{m|la|signāre||to sign}} signāre (“to sign”), {{m|la|signum||sign}} signum (“sign”), {{m|la|-tūra}} -tūra, {{m|la|-tūrus}} -tūrus, {{nc|ang|handseten|lit=hand setting}} Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} signature (plural signatures)
  1. A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract. Translations (person’s autograph name): handtekening (Afrikaans), nënshkrim [masculine] (Albanian), ⁧تَوْقِيع⁩ (tawqīʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), ⁧إِمْضَاء⁩ (ʔimḍāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), ստորագրություն (storagrutʿyun) (Armenian), চহী (sohi) (Assamese), imza (Azerbaijani), ҡултамға (qultamğa) (Bashkir), имза (imza) (Bashkir), по́дпіс (pódpis) [masculine] (Belarusian), দস্তখত (dostokhot) (Bengali), স্বাক্ষর (śakkhor) (Bengali), по́дпис (pódpis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဆိုင်း (hcuing:) (Burmese), လက်မှတ် (lakhmat) (Burmese), підпис (pidpys) (Carpathian Rusyn), signatura [feminine] (Catalan), 簽字 (Chinese Mandarin), 签字 (qiānzì) (Chinese Mandarin), 簽名 (Chinese Mandarin), 签名 (qiānmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 署名 (shǔmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 花押 (huāyā) (english: stylised) (Chinese Mandarin), fīrma (Classical Nahuatl), sinans [masculine] (Cornish), podpis [masculine] (Czech), underskrift [common-gender] (Danish), handtekening (Dutch), subskribo (Esperanto), allkiri (Estonian), undirskrift [feminine] (Faroese), allekirjoitus (Finnish), nimikirjoitus (Finnish), signature [feminine] (French), sinatura [feminine] (Galician), firma [feminine] (Galician), ხელმოწერა (xelmoc̣era) (Georgian), Unterschrift [feminine] (German), Signatur [feminine] (German), υπογραφή (ypografí) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧חֲתִימָה⁩ (khatimá) [feminine] (Hebrew), हस्ताक्षर (hastākṣar) [masculine] (Hindi), दस्तख़त (dastaxat) [masculine] (Hindi), aláírás (Hungarian), undirskrift [feminine] (Icelandic), paraf (Indonesian), tanda tangan (Indonesian), raspiska (Ingrian), síniú [masculine] (Irish), firma [feminine] (Italian), 署名 (shomei) (alt: しょめい) (Japanese), サイン (sain) (Japanese), қол (qol) (Kazakh), қолтаңба (qoltañba) (Kazakh), ហត្ថលេខា (hatthaʼleikhaa) (Khmer), 서명 (seomyeong) (alt: 署名) (Korean), 사인 (sain) (Korean), кол (kol) (Kyrgyz), sinyatura (Ladino), ລາຍເຊັນ (lāi sen) (Lao), subscriptiō [feminine] (Latin), paraksts [masculine] (Latvian), parašas [masculine] (Lithuanian), pódpis [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), по́тпис (pótpis) [masculine] (Macedonian), tandatangan (Malay), hainatanga (Maori), mokotā (Maori), гарын үсэг (garyn üseg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), sîngnatuthe [feminine] (Norman), sîngne [feminine] (Norman), îmza (Northern Kurdish), underskrift [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), signatur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), handseten [feminine] (Old English), mallattoo (Oromo), ⁧امضا⁩ (imza) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧پنچه⁩ (pençe) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧امضا⁩ (emzā) [feminine] (Pashto), ⁧دستخط⁩ (dəstxat) [masculine] (Pashto), ⁧توشيح⁩ (tawših) (Pashto), ⁧امضا⁩ (emzâ) (Persian), ⁧امضاء⁩ (emzâ') (Persian), ⁧توشیح⁩ (towših) (Persian), ⁧توقیع⁩ (towqi') (Persian), podpis [masculine] (Polish), firma [feminine] (Portuguese), assinatura [feminine] (Portuguese), semnătură [feminine] (Romanian), по́дпись (pódpisʹ) (english: on a document) [feminine] (Russian), ро́спись (róspisʹ) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), авто́граф (avtógraf) (note: of celebrities) [masculine] (Russian), ainm-sgrìobhte [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), по̀тпис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòtpis [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), අත්සන (atsana) (Sinhalese), podpis [masculine] (Slovak), podpis [masculine] (Slovene), firma [feminine] (Spanish), saini (Swahili), underskrift [common-gender] (Swedish), signatur [common-gender] (Swedish), lagda (Tagalog), pirma (Tagalog), имзо (imzo) (Tajik), имза (imza) (Tatar), సంతకము (santakamu) (Telugu), ลายเซ็น (laai-sen) (Thai), imza (Turkish), gol (Turkmen), пі́дпис (pídpys) [masculine] (Ukrainian), podpis [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), ⁧دَسْتْخَط⁩ (dastxat) [masculine] (Urdu), ⁧امضا⁩ (imzā) (Urdu), ⁧ئىمزا⁩ (imza) (Uyghur), imzo (Uzbek), qoʻl (Uzbek), chữ ký (Vietnamese), allkiri (Võro), llofnod [masculine] (Welsh), ⁧חתימה⁩ (khsime) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-en:Name Disambiguation of 'person’s autograph name': 48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5
  2. An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature. Translations (act of signing): handtekening (Afrikaans), ⁧تَوْقِيع⁩ (tawqīʕ) (Arabic), ҡул ҡуйыу (qul quyıw) (Bashkir), দস্তখত (dostokhot) (Bengali), подпи́сване (podpísvane) [feminine] (Bulgarian), allekirjoittaminen (Finnish), signature [feminine] (French), ⁧امضا⁩ (imza) (Ottoman Turkish), podpisywanie [neuter] (Polish), по́дпись (pódpisʹ) [feminine] (Russian), подпи́сывание (podpísyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), підписа́ння (pidpysánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-gLAQBSOs Disambiguation of 'act of signing': 2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4
  3. (medicine) The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: part of a doctor’s prescription): দস্তখত (dostokhot) (Bengali)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-5R65rp2Z Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: part of a doctor’s prescription': 3 0 71 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 6 3
  4. (music) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature. Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: signs indicating key and tempo): ключ (ključ) [masculine] (Bulgarian), etumerkintä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-UUo-AaIB Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: signs indicating key and tempo': 2 2 1 74 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 2
  5. (printing) A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book. Categories (topical): Printing Translations (printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book): сигнату́ра (signatúra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), quadern [masculine] (Catalan), katern (Dutch), cahier (French), kuras (Indonesian), тетра́дь (tetrádʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-uYzZcCX6 Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book': 3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3
  6. (computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: pattern used for matching identity): tunniste (Finnish), otsikko (note: in programming) (Finnish), signature [feminine] (French), Signatur [feminine] (German), sygnatura [feminine] (Polish), сигнату́ра (signatúra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-hdE4m0V0 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: pattern used for matching identity': 9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3
  7. (cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source. Categories (topical): Cryptography Translations (cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source): varmenne (Finnish), signature [feminine] (French), sygnatura [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-jJszzInx Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source': 0 0 1 3 1 4 76 0 3 2 3 6
  8. (figurative) A mark or sign of implication. Tags: figuratively Translations (figurative: mark or sign of implication): merkki (Finnish), tunnusmerkki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-rxnqjrDL Disambiguation of 'figurative: mark or sign of implication': 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 63 3 10 3 2
  9. A dish that is characteristic of a particular chef.
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-KNMcBKnM
  10. (mathematics) A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-3fxuNBiU Topics: mathematics, sciences
  11. (medicine, obsolete) A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-KL21Et7X Topics: medicine, sciences
  12. (Internet) Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: sig, siggy
    Sense id: en-signature-en-noun-0WHfe1-m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: biosignature Related terms: autograph Translations (mathematics: type of tuple): signature [feminine] (French)
Derived forms: cut signature, digital signature, electronic signature, e-signature, isotope signature, isotopic signature, signature authority, signature-compatible, signature song, signature strike, signature tune, specimen signature, time-signature, wet signature Disambiguation of 'mathematics: type of tuple': 0 0 1 1 2 17 26 4 7 27 8 5

Inflected forms

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          "word": "চহী"
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          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
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          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pódpis",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
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          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śakkhor",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "স্বাক্ষর"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pódpis",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcuing:",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "ဆိုင်း"
        },
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "lakhmat",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "လက်မှတ်"
        },
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          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "pidpys",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "підпис"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "signatura"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "簽字"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiānzì",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "签字"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "簽名"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiānmíng",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "签名"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǔmíng",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "署名"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "stylised",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huāyā",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "花押"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "fīrma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "underskrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "handtekening"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "subskribo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "allkiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "undirskrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "allekirjoitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "nimikirjoitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "signature"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "firma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xelmoc̣era",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "ხელმოწერა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Unterschrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Signatur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypografí",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "υπογραφή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khatimá",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧חֲתִימָה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "hastākṣar",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "हस्ताक्षर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dastaxat",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "दस्तख़त"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "aláírás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "undirskrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "paraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "tanda tangan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "raspiska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "síniú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "firma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "alt": "しょめい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shomei",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "署名"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sain",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "サイン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qol",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "қол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qoltañba",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "қолтаңба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "hatthaʼleikhaa",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "ហត្ថលេខា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "alt": "署名",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seomyeong",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "서명"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sain",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "사인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "îmza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kol",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "кол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "sinyatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lāi sen",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "ລາຍເຊັນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "subscriptiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paraksts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parašas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pótpis",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́тпис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "tandatangan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "hainatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "mokotā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "garyn üseg",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "гарын үсэг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sîngnatuthe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sîngne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "underskrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signatur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "handseten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "mallattoo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "imza",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "pençe",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧پنچه⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "emzā",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "dəstxat",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧دستخط⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "tawših",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧توشيح⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "emzâ",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "emzâ'",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧امضاء⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "towših",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧توشیح⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "towqi'",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧توقیع⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "firma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "assinatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "semnătură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "on a document",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pódpisʹ",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по́дпись"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "róspisʹ",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ро́спись"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "of celebrities",
          "roman": "avtógraf",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "авто́граф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ainm-sgrìobhte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по̀тпис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pòtpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "atsana",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "අත්සන"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pódpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "firma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "saini"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "underskrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "signatur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "lagda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "pirma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "imzo",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "имзо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "imza",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "имза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "santakamu",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "సంతకము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "laai-sen",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "ลายเซ็น"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "imza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "gol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pídpys",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пі́дпис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "dastxat",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧دَسْتْخَط⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "imzā",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "imza",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "⁧ئىمزا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "imzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "qoʻl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "chữ ký"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "vro",
          "lang": "Võro",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "word": "allkiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llofnod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 21 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 5",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "khsime",
          "sense": "person’s autograph name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧חתימה⁩"
        }
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          "ref": "1977, Illinois Information Service, Press Summary - Illinois Information Service, page 4287",
          "text": "IN COMMENTS during signature of the bill yesterday during “Agriculture Day” at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Thompson agreed with farmers that land needs to be protected.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Winifred Holtby, The Crowded Street, Virago",
          "text": "[She ate with herself] during the whole evening, during supper, during her signature of unintelligible papers at her father's desk, when he told her gruffly that she would now have an income of £350 a year minus income tax, which would return to her in some mysterious way […]",
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        }
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        "An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature."
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          "sign"
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          "signature",
          "#Noun"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "word": "handtekening"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tawqīʕ",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "word": "⁧تَوْقِيع⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qul quyıw",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "word": "ҡул ҡуйыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "dostokhot",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "word": "দস্তখত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podpísvane",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "подпи́сване"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "word": "allekirjoittaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "signature"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "imza",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "podpisywanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pódpisʹ",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по́дпись"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podpísyvanije",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подпи́сывание"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 59 2 8 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidpysánnja",
          "sense": "act of signing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "підписа́ння"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient."
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          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "doctor",
          "doctor"
        ],
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          "prescription",
          "prescription"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "patient",
          "patient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient."
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 71 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 6 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "dostokhot",
          "sense": "medicine: part of a doctor’s prescription",
          "word": "দস্তখত"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature."
      ],
      "id": "en-signature-en-noun-UUo-AaIB",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
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          "Signs",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "stave",
          "stave"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "tempo",
          "tempo"
        ],
        [
          "key signature",
          "key signature"
        ],
        [
          "time signature",
          "time signature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 74 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ključ",
          "sense": "music: signs indicating key and tempo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ключ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 74 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "music: signs indicating key and tempo",
          "word": "etumerkintä"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Printing",
          "orig": "en:Printing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book."
      ],
      "id": "en-signature-en-noun-uYzZcCX6",
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        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "multiple",
          "multiple"
        ],
        [
          "sheet",
          "sheet"
        ],
        [
          "print",
          "print"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing) A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "signatúra",
          "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сигнату́ра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
          "word": "katern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
          "word": "cahier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
          "word": "kuras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 65 3 5 1 3 6 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tetrádʹ",
          "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тетра́дь"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc."
      ],
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          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "virus",
          "virus"
        ],
        [
          "parameter",
          "parameter"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
          "word": "tunniste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "in programming",
          "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
          "word": "otsikko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "signature"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Signatur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sygnatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 1 1 2 1 48 21 1 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "signatúra",
          "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сигнату́ра"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cryptography",
          "orig": "en:Cryptography",
          "parents": [
            "Computer science",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Computing",
            "Sciences",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source."
      ],
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        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ]
      ],
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        "(cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 3 1 4 76 0 3 2 3 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source",
          "word": "varmenne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 3 1 4 76 0 3 2 3 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "signature"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 3 1 4 76 0 3 2 3 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sygnatura"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1975, United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, First Report on Status and Progress of Noise Research and Control Programs in the Federal Government, volume 1, pages 6–13",
          "text": "The TACOM Vehicle Signature Reduction program is concerned with reducing the noise signature detectability of military vehicles in combat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, The Renaissance Episteme, page 67",
          "text": "A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mark or sign of implication."
      ],
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          "mark"
        ],
        [
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          "sign"
        ],
        [
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          "implication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A mark or sign of implication."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 3 2 3 4 63 3 10 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "figurative: mark or sign of implication",
          "word": "merkki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 3 2 3 4 63 3 10 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "figurative: mark or sign of implication",
          "word": "tunnusmerkki"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Frommer's Rome 2001, page 97",
          "text": "A great beginning is the goose-liver terrine with truffles, one of the chef's signatures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dish that is characteristic of a particular chef."
      ],
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        [
          "dish",
          "dish"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "chef",
          "chef"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form."
      ],
      "id": "en-signature-en-noun-3fxuNBiU",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "tuple",
          "tuple#English"
        ],
        [
          "diagonal form",
          "diagonal form#English"
        ],
        [
          "quadratic form",
          "quadratic form#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form."
      ],
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease."
      ],
      "id": "en-signature-en-noun-KL21Et7X",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "resemblance",
          "resemblance"
        ],
        [
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          "disease"
        ],
        [
          "scarlet fever",
          "scarlet fever"
        ]
      ],
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        "(medicine, obsolete) A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Your signature must not exceed three lines of text, or 600 pixels in height.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "forum signature generator",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "ref": "2000, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Frommer's Rome 2001, page 97",
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "sĭg′nəchər",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "handtekening"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nënshkrim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tawqīʕ",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧تَوْقِيع⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔimḍāʔ",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧إِمْضَاء⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "storagrutʿyun",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ստորագրություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "sohi",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "চহী"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "imza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qultamğa",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ҡултамға"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "imza",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "имза"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pódpis",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́дпіс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dostokhot",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "দস্তখত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śakkhor",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "স্বাক্ষর"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pódpis",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́дпис"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hcuing:",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ဆိုင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lakhmat",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "လက်မှတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "pidpys",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "підпис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "signatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "簽字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiānzì",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "签字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "簽名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiānmíng",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "签名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǔmíng",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "署名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "stylised",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huāyā",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "花押"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "fīrma"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinans"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "underskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "handtekening"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "subskribo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "allkiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "undirskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "allekirjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "nimikirjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "signature"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sinatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "firma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xelmoc̣era",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ხელმოწერა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterschrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Signatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypografí",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υπογραφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khatimá",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧חֲתִימָה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hastākṣar",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "हस्ताक्षर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dastaxat",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दस्तख़त"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "aláírás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "undirskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "paraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "tanda tangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "raspiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "síniú"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "firma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょめい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shomei",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "署名"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sain",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "サイン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qol",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "қол"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qoltañba",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "қолтаңба"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "hatthaʼleikhaa",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ហត្ថលេខា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "署名",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seomyeong",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "서명"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sain",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "사인"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "îmza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kol",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "кол"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "sinyatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lāi sen",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ລາຍເຊັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "subscriptiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paraksts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parašas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pótpis",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́тпис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "tandatangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "hainatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "mokotā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "garyn üseg",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гарын үсэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sîngnatuthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sîngne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "underskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "handseten"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "mallattoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "imza",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "pençe",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧پنچه⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "emzā",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "dəstxat",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧دستخط⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tawših",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧توشيح⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "emzâ",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "emzâ'",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧امضاء⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "towših",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧توشیح⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "towqi'",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧توقیع⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "firma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assinatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semnătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "on a document",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pódpisʹ",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́дпись"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "róspisʹ",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́спись"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of celebrities",
      "roman": "avtógraf",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "авто́граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ainm-sgrìobhte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по̀тпис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pòtpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "atsana",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "අත්සන"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pódpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "firma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "saini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "underskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "signatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "lagda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "pirma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "imzo",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "имзо"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "imza",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "имза"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "santakamu",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "సంతకము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "laai-sen",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "ลายเซ็น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "imza"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "gol"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pídpys",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пі́дпис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dastxat",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧دَسْتْخَط⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "imzā",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "imza",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "⁧ئىمزا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "imzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "qoʻl"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "chữ ký"
    },
    {
      "code": "vro",
      "lang": "Võro",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "word": "allkiri"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llofnod"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khsime",
      "sense": "person’s autograph name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧חתימה⁩"
    },
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "word": "handtekening"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tawqīʕ",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "word": "⁧تَوْقِيع⁩"
    },
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qul quyıw",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "word": "ҡул ҡуйыу"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dostokhot",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "word": "দস্তখত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podpísvane",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подпи́сване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "word": "allekirjoittaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "signature"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "imza",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "word": "⁧امضا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "podpisywanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pódpisʹ",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́дпись"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podpísyvanije",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подпи́сывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidpysánnja",
      "sense": "act of signing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "підписа́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dostokhot",
      "sense": "medicine: part of a doctor’s prescription",
      "word": "দস্তখত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ključ",
      "sense": "music: signs indicating key and tempo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: signs indicating key and tempo",
      "word": "etumerkintä"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "signatúra",
      "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сигнату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quadern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
      "word": "katern"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
      "word": "cahier"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
      "word": "kuras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tetrádʹ",
      "sense": "printing: four or multiple of four pages folded to form a section of a book",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тетра́дь"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
      "word": "tunniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in programming",
      "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
      "word": "otsikko"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "signature"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Signatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sygnatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "signatúra",
      "sense": "computing: pattern used for matching identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сигнату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source",
      "word": "varmenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "signature"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cryptography: data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sygnatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figurative: mark or sign of implication",
      "word": "merkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figurative: mark or sign of implication",
      "word": "tunnusmerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mathematics: type of tuple",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "signature"
    }
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          "word": "iconic"
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃɚ/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "enpr": "sĭg′nəchər",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "fírmennyj",
      "sense": "Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity",
      "word": "фи́рменный"
    }
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