transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsig-nə-ˌfī ]
verb
( -fied ; -fy·ing )
Etymology: Middle English signifien, from Anglo-French signifier, from Latin significare to indicate, signify, from signum sign
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to be a sign of : mean
b. : imply
2. : to show especially by a conventional token (as word, signal, or gesture)
intransitive verb
1. : to have significance : matter
it will not much signify what one wears — Jane Austen
2. : to engage in signifying