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signing

nounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //ˈsaɪnɪŋ//

The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company.

noun

  1. 1

    The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company.

    In basketball signings, Maryland added depth to its frontcourt by signing 6-foot-9 forward-center Joe Smith of Maury High in Norfolk […]

  2. 2

    A player signed by a sporting organization.

    Early goals from summer signings Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andre Santos proved enough to give Arsenal a narrow win over Olympiakos.

  3. 3

    An event held in a bookshop etc. where copies of a book are signed by the author.

  4. 4

    The use of sign language; skill at using a sign language.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of signpresent participle and gerund of sign

Forms

plural
signings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).