English Dictionary

signify

/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/

verb

To create a sign out of something. / To give (something) a meaning or an importance. / To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce. / To mean; to betoken.

The red traffic light signifies that you must stop.

意味（1）

To create a sign out of something.

意味（2）

To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

意味（3）

To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.

I’ll to the king; and signify to him

I’ll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign’d my charge to you.

意味（4）

To mean; to betoken.

Life’s […] a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Life’s […] a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

意味（5）

To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).

To be but in the company of those we love, satisfies us: it does not signify whether we speak to ’em or not, whether we think on them or on indifferent things. To be near ’em is all.