sign out

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sign out

verb signs out · signing out · signed out

  1. intransitive To sign one's name as an indication that one is leaving some location; to take some action to indicate one is leaving a secured program or web page on a computer. He was the last person to sign out of the building that night.

    Similar: log off, log out, sign off · Opposite: log in, log on, sign in, sign on

  2. especially, transitive, of library books To remove (something) and take (it) into one's possession, having registered or signed for it in some way as a record of possession and a promise to return it (e.g., by your signature or log-in credentials). If you want to take a book home from the library, you must sign it out.
  3. To signal.
  4. To say something through sign language.

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@misc{sign_out_2026,
  title = {sign out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sign%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}