verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of signalize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

   "The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, [...]"

2. 2
   make conspicuous or noteworthy wordnet
3. 3
   point out carefully and clearly wordnet
4. 4
   communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs wordnet
5. 5
   provide with traffic signals wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

call attentiondistinguishpoint outsignsignsignal

Example

More examples

"The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, [...]"

Etymology

From signal + -ise.

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