signified

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signified

noun signifieds

  1. The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier. Here things are getting better and better for women and people of color, and gay men and lesbians, more and more integrated and open, and all you can think about is some stupid, lame problem with signifiers and signifieds.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of signify

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noun concept evoked by a sign

日本語シニフィエ shinifie, 所記 shoki
中文所指 suǒzhǐ
Françaissignifié
DeutschSignifikat
Ελληνικάσημαινόμενο simainómeno
Русскийознача́емое označájemoje

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@misc{signified_2026,
  title = {signified},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/signified},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}