noun
1 written name
ADJECTIVE
▪ illegible
▪ handwritten
▪ valid
▪ forged
▪ digital , electronic
▪
The law recognizes a digital ~ for online transactions.
VERB + SIGNATURE
▪ put , scrawl , scribble , write
▪
We both refused to put our ~s to the agreement.
▪ add , affix , append
▪ witness
▪
Your ~ must be witnessed by two people.
▪ recognize
▪ check , verify ( esp. AmE )
▪
The salesperson verifies the ~ by comparing it with the one on the card.
▪ collect , garner , gather , get , obtain
▪
They collected over 1 000 ~s for the petition.
▪ bear , carry
▪
The will bears her ~.
▪ forge
▪ require
▪
The form requires the ~s of two witnesses.
2 quality that makes sth different
ADJECTIVE
▪ characteristic , distinctive , telltale , unique
▪
Each material has its own unique chemical ~.
▪ chemical , genetic , etc.
VERB + SIGNATURE
▪ detect
▪ bear
▪
Each song bears the ~ of its performer.
▪
Every stroke of Picasso's brush bears his ~.
▪ leave
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
the genetic ~s of natural selection