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say it: SIG-nuh-fahyd
signified is a noun meaning "the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted". It is pronounced /ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪd/ — SIG-nuh-fahyd. It carries one recorded sense.
the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
“the dictionary gave several senses for the word”
“in the best sense charity is really a duty”
“the signifier is linked to the signified”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for signified come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.