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# signer

«signer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who signs their name on something, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a signer, signers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A signer is a person who signs their name on something, like a letter, card or important document. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#m1)

2) A signer is also a person who uses sign language, especially one who interprets speech into sign language for deaf people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

History: the signers of the Declaration of Independence (USA, 1776) put their names on it. Everyday life: a signer stands next to a speaker on TV or at an event, translating into British Sign Language (BSL), American Sign Language (ASL) or Auslan. Law: the signer of a form agrees to what it says.

### examples

- A signer stood beside the Prime Minister on TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x1)
- The card had twenty signers from our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x2)
- John Hancock was a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x3)
- Every signer must print their name too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x4)
- Our school play had a signer for deaf families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x5)
- She is learning to be a BSL signer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x6)
- The petition needs one hundred signers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/#x7)

### note

Countable. The g is silent: said «SINE-er». Do not confuse with «singer» (sing-er), which has the letters swapped. A signatory is the formal word for a person or country that signs an agreement.

### Trees and pragmatics

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