Neon Definition–noun | 1. | Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure. |
| 3. | a sign or advertising sign formed from neon lamps. |
–adjective | 4. | using or containing the gas neon. |
| 5. | made of or formed by a neon lamp or lamps: a neon sign. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a tawdry urban district or of gaudy nighttime entertainment. |
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Sign Definition–noun
| 2. | any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning. |
| 3. | a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents. |
| 4. | a motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command, decision, etc.: Her nod was a sign that it was time to leave. |
| 5. | a notice, bearing a name, direction, warning, or advertisement, that is displayed or posted for public view: a traffic sign; a store sign. |
| 6. | a trace; vestige: There wasn't a sign of them. |
| 7. | an arbitrary or conventional symbol used in musical notation to indicate tonality, tempo, etc. |
| 8. | Medicine/Medical. the objective indications of a disease. |
| 9. | any meaningful gestural unit belonging to a sign language. |
| 10. | an omen; portent: a sign of approaching decadence. |
| 13. | Usually, signs. traces, as footprints, of a wild animal. |
| 14. | Mathematics. | a. | a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating addition or subtraction. |
| b. | a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating the positive or negative value of a quantity, as an integer. |
| e. | a symbol, as  or !, used to indicate a radical or factorial operation. |
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–verb (used with object) | 15. | to affix a signature to: to sign a letter. |
| 16. | to write as a signature: to sign one's name. |
| 17. | to engage by written agreement: to sign a new player. |
| 18. | to mark with a sign, esp. the sign of the cross. |
| 19. | to communicate by means of a sign; signal: He signed
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his wish to leave. |
| 20. | to convey (a message) in a sign language. |
| 21. | Obsolete. to direct or appoint by a sign. |
–verb (used without object) | 22. | to write one's signature, as a token of agreement, obligation, receipt, etc.: to sign for a package. |
| 23. | to make a sign or signal: He signed to her to go away. |
| 24. | to employ a sign language for communication. |
| 25. | to obligate oneself by signature: He signed with another team for the next season. |
—Verb phrases| 26. | sign away or over, to assign or dispose of by affixing one's signature to a document: She signed over her fortune to the church. |
| 27. | sign in (or out) to record or authorize one's arrival (or departure) by signing a register. |
| 28. | sign off, | a. | to withdraw, as from some responsibility or connection. |
| b. | to cease radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the end of the day. |
| c. | Informal. to become silent: He had exhausted conversation topics and signed off. |
| d. | to indicate one's approval explicitly if not formally: The president is expected to sign off on the new agreement. |
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| 29. | sign on,
| b. | to bind oneself to work, as by signing a contract: He signed on as a pitcher with a major-league team. |
| c. | to start radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the beginning of the day. |
| d. | Computers. log1 (def. 17a). |
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| 30. | sign up, to enlist, as in an organization or group; to register or subscribe: to sign up for the navy; to sign up for class.
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