Associations to the word «Signified»

Wiktionary

SIGNIFIED, noun. (linguistics) (structuralism) The concept or idea evoked by a sign.
SIGNIFIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of signify

Dictionary definition

SIGNIFIED, noun. The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats