Signature Collected Petition Put Latin Noun Bre ˈsɪɡnətʃə(R

• someone had forged her signature on the cheque.
• they collected 10 000 signatures for their petition.
• he was attacked for having put his signature to the deal.
• can you witness my signature on my will, please?

signature

1. your name as you usually write it, for example at the end of a letter
• Someone had forged her signature on the cheque.
• They collected 10 000 signatures for their petition.
• He was attacked for having put his signature to the deal.
• Can you witness my signature on my will, please?
2. the act of signing something
• Two copies of the contract will be sent to you for signature.
3. a particular quality that makes something different from other similar things and makes it easy to recognize
• Bright colours are his signature.
• The signature flavours of Thai cookery are coriander and lime.

Extra Examples

• Each song bears the signature of its performer.
• The form requires the signatures of two witnesses.
• The law recognizes a digital signature for online transactions.
• The salesperson verifies the signature by comparing it with the one on the card.
• The will bears her signature.
• They collected over 1 000 signatures for the petition.
• We both refused to put our signatures to the agreement.
• Your signature must be witnessed by two people.
• the genetic signatures of natural selection

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term): from medieval Latin signatura ‘sign manual’ (in late Latin denoting a marking on sheep), from Latin signare ‘to sign, mark’.