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Signifier

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Noun

1. descriptor, form, signifier, word form

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

Example Sentences:
'the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Signifier

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that signifies
2.  Linguistics
a sound or group of sounds, an image, or a symbol that stands for an object or concept
see also signify verb transitive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Signifier

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n.
1. One that signifies.
2. Linguistics A linguistic unit or pattern, such as a succession of speech sounds, written symbols, or gestures, that conveys meaning; a linguistic sign. The signifier of the concept "tree" is, in English, the string of speech sounds (t), (r), and (ē); in German, (b), (ou), and (m).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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