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Definition of Sign on

1. Verb. Engage by written agreement. "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

Definition of Sign on

1. Noun. (context: broadcasting) The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours. ¹

2. Verb. To join something, after signing. ¹

3. Verb. To commit oneself, as to a project, a goal, on organization, a cause. ¹

4. Verb. (context: broadcasting) To begin broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the beginning of a broadcasting day and after being off the air for several hours. ¹

5. Verb. (idiomatic) To log on; to start using a computer, radio, etc., or to start talking. ¹

6. Verb. (UK intransitive) To receive unemployment benefits. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sign On

Literary usage of Sign on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"any way liable for the painting out of the sign on the outside of the store building, as the sign was a trade-name of the JD Craig Furniture Company, ..."

2. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1910)
"The 4th sign on all the four pages seems to refer to a period like the one hitherto ... Finally the 5th sign on page 28 is, just as we should expect, ..."

3. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"Even though the sign on the outside read "Mo," Anthony and everybody else knew it was named for the owner, Moe. The story about the sign was legend. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"Bilateral ankle clonus was present at the end of the first ten minutes of the attack, with a plain and prompt Babinski sign on the right side. ..."

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