sign

(eg. music, explanation, hindu )

sign /ˈsaɪn/ ?

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(n) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
(n) a public display of a message
(n) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
(n) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
(n) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
(n) (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
(n) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
(n) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
(n) a gesture that is part of a sign language
(n) a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
(n) a character indicating a relation between quantities
(v) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
(v) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
(v) be engaged by a written agreement
(v) engage by written agreement
(v) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
(v) place signs, as along a road
(v) communicate in sign language
(v) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
(adj) used of the language of the deaf

My last entry on efforts to standardize translation of signage in Beijing drew a lot of commentary.
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