Associations to the word «Signifying»

Wiktionary

SIGNIFY, verb. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
SIGNIFY, verb. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.
SIGNIFY, verb. To mean; to betoken.

Dictionary definition

SIGNIFY, verb. Denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means".
SIGNIFY, verb. Convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?".
SIGNIFY, verb. Make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky