# signed

Pronunciation: say "SYND" /saɪnd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of sign. — simple past and past participle of sign
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of sign, as in she signed it or it was signed.
   - _The author signed every book before the store opened._
   - _The two countries signed a peace agreement last spring._

## Adjective

2. Bearing a person's signature as a mark of approval, authorship, or formal agreement.
   - Simple: Having someone's signature on it, to show they agree with it, approve it, or wrote it.
   - _A signed first edition sells for far more than an unsigned copy._
   - _She kept the signed agreement in a locked drawer for safekeeping._
3. Equipped with signs and signposts that mark and guide the way along a route.
   - Simple: Marked along the way with signs to show the route.
   - _The route is well signed, so drivers can find their way without a map._
   - _The mountain trail is signed all the way to the summit._
4. Expressed in a sign language rather than in speech, or interpreted into a sign language for deaf audiences.
   - Simple: Said with hand signs in a sign language, or put into sign language for deaf people.
   - _The theater offers a signed performance of the play every Thursday evening._
   - _The deaf students gave signed answers, which an interpreter voiced for the panel._
5. Capable of representing both positive and negative values, rather than only zero and positive values.
   - Simple: Able to hold both positive and negative values, not just values from zero up.
   - _A signed integer can store values from a negative limit up to a positive one._
   - _The variable must be signed if the calculation can produce a negative result._

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