sign over

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

sign over - formally assign ownership of; "She signed away her rights" sign away cede, surrender, give up, deliver - relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

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sign

noun

1. Something visible or evident that gives grounds for believing in the existence or presence of something else:

badge, evidence, index, indication, indicator, manifestation, mark, note, signification, stamp, symptom, token, witness.

2. Something that takes the place of words in communicating a thought or feeling:

expression, gesture, indication, token.

3. An expressive, meaningful bodily movement:

gesticulation, gesture, indication, motion, signal.

Informal: high sign.

4. A usually public posting that conveys a message:

bill, billboard, notice, placard, poster.

5. A conventional mark used in a writing system:

character, symbol.

6. A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil:

augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement, presage, prognostic, prognostication.

Idiom: writing on the wall.

verb

1. To affix one's signature to:

autograph, endorse, inscribe, subscribe, undersign.

Idioms: put one's John Hancock on, set one's hand to.

2. To make bodily motions so as to convey an idea or complement speech:

gesticulate, gesture, motion, signal, signalize.

Idiom: give the high sign.

phrasal verb
sign on

Informal. To become a member of:

enlist, enroll, enter, join, muster in, sign up.

phrasal verb
sign over

To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:

cede, deed, grant, make over.

Law: alien, alienate, assign, convey, transfer.

phrasal verb
sign up

To become a member of:

enlist, enroll, enter, join, muster in.

Informal: sign on.

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Translations

cederevolturare

w>sign over

vt sep → überschreiben (to sb jdm)

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