- [countable] your name as you usually write it, for example at the end of a letter
- Someone had forged her signature on the cheque.
- They collected 10 000 signatures for their petition.
- He was attacked for having put his signature to the deal.
- Can you witness my signature on my will, please?
Extra Examples- The form requires the signatures of two witnesses.
- The law recognizes a digital signature for online transactions.
- The salesperson verifies the signature by comparing it with the one on the card.
- The will bears her signature.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- illegible
- handwritten
- valid
- …
- put
- scrawl
- scribble
- …
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- [uncountable] (formal) the act of signing something
- Two copies of the contract will be sent to you for signature.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- illegible
- handwritten
- valid
- …
- put
- scrawl
- scribble
- …
- [countable, usually singular] a particular quality that makes something different from other similar things and makes it easy to recognize
- Bright colours are his signature.
- The signature flavours of Thai cookery are coriander and lime.
- Each song bears the signature of its performer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- characteristic
- distinctive
- telltale
- …
- detect
- bear
- leave
- …
- signature of
see also digital signature, key signature, time signature
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term): from medieval Latin signatura ‘sign manual’ (in late Latin denoting a marking on sheep), from Latin signare ‘to sign, mark’.
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