signal
noun
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, such as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a signal to leave.
signalled
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past participleof signal.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof signal.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
signalnounanything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, such as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a signal to leave.
Example Sentences
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Test captain Root is the only remaining England player to have been in the same team as Pietersen and was on the Ashes tour of 2013-14 that signalled the end of the 46-year-old's international career.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But with Tehran and Washington now seemingly at an impasse, Isabel Schnabel and Joachim Nagel -- both members of the ECB's rate-setting governing council -- have signalled in recent days policymakers will resume hiking rates.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Last week, Kevin Warsh, head of the US central bank, signalled that rates could be hiked if policymakers were not confident price rises were easing for Americans.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But when the Clippers landed Leonard as a free agent, beating out rivals such as the Los Angeles Lakers, it signalled a new era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He claimed afterwards he’d signalled to me to come over, but if he had, it hadn’t been at all obvious.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
