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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King