Thesaurus: signal

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1. n. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
2. n. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
3. a. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
4. a. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.
5. v. t. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
6. v. t. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
7. adj. notably out of the ordinary
8. n. any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
9. n. any incitement to action
10. n. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
11. v. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
12. v. be a signal for or a symptom of