signalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make notable or conspicuous.
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to point out or indicate particularly.
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to equip (a particular traffic crossing or an entire transportation route) with traffic signals.
verb
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to make noteworthy or conspicuous
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to point out carefully
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Origin of signalize
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To signalize the project, King Vittorio Emanuele presided over a sea festival at which a barge-load of night fireworks was touched off in the Bay of Naples.
From Time Magazine Archive
Piece de resistance of Orchestra Conductor Meyer Davis' repertoire was "Moonlight on the Santa Clara," which he composed himself and dedicated to Allan Hoover to signalize the occasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nationwide rallies and memorial services would signalize their Week, beginning Oct.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was to signalize the most famed of Miss Peck's exploits that the Peruvian Government in 1908 named the northern peak of Mount Huascaran Cumbre Ana Peck.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has even happened that the news from his hand has caused the telegraph of the Admiralty to signalize the "Thunderer" to put to sea with all haste.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
Caltrans officials hope to be able to fully open the northbound lane near Rocky Creek Bridge as soon as possible, with signalized, one-lane traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
The researchers described Broad Street, a five-lane arterial road, as "a daunting road to cross with or without a signal in Hilltop, and distances to signalized crossing areas can be several blocks."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
Atkinson said the Chicago verdict expanded on the New York ruling in several key areas, reinforcing the need for Chicago to equip all its signalized intersections with APS.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
“Just imagine a post-Sandy, post-Katrina or post-Andrew world where recovery funds were put to work building resilient, sustainable modern roundabouts instead of rebuilding fragile, polluting signalized intersections,” Mr. Sides, the traffic engineer, said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
An unusual number of disasters signalized the ice embargo throughout the whole extent of the New England coast.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
If asked to state reasons for the President of the U. S. signalizing the 1928 Congress by a visit and speech, Dr. Rowe might have explained in effect as follows: "Caesar."
From Time Magazine Archive
Cortez and his companions," says Chevalier, "had incurred the necessity of signalizing themselves by some great exploit.
From Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou
This General is so fond of signalizing his Bravery, that he was scarce return'd from Poland,123 but he went to make the Campaign as a Voluntier, with the Imperial Army on the Rhine.
After passing some distance along the eastern side of a long dry sandbank, we were obliged again to anchor, both boats signalizing a depth of only two fathoms.
This unfortunate event did not discourage the consul Attilius Regulus, who commanded: on the contrary, he resolved to wipe off this disgrace by signalizing his consulship in a remarkable manner.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson
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