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# signature

«signature» in Mova's school dictionary: **your name written in your own special way, to show you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a signature, signatures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A signature is your name written in your own special way, to show you agree to or wrote something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#m1)

2) A signature is also a special feature that makes something easy to recognise, like a chef's signature dish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#m2)

3) In music, the time signature and key signature are signs at the start of the music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life parents sign permission slips and forms; a signature shows who agreed. In online safety, never copy someone else's signature. Phrases: «sign your signature», «a signature on the form», «signature dish», «time signature».

### examples

- Please ask your parent for their signature on the trip form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x1)
- The famous footballer gave me his signature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x2)
- Your signature shows you agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x3)
- Pizza is the restaurant's signature dish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x4)
- The time signature tells you how many beats in a bar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x5)
- She practised her signature on scrap paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x6)
- The letter had no signature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/#x7)

### note

Countable. Verb: sign. Pronounced SIG-nuh-chur. Copying another person's signature (forging it) is wrong and can be a crime.

### In the corpora

- [Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/14/)
- [Forging a parent's signature is a serious lie that breaks trust with school and family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/16/)
- [Now there were two problems: the fight AND the fake signature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/3/)
- [Kayla in Atlanta found a form about her missing homework that needed Mom's signature by Friday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/19/)
- [A forged signature on a school note is a serious lie, because it pretends a parent agreed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «signature» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.