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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John Sharp Williams prunes the gardenias and oversees the cotton planting at his old Mississippi home, infrequently sallying forth to signalize some state occasion with his mellifluency.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Soon the Duke will step within, open Parliament, signalize that the world has a new Great Capital.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later on, after having stated that most verbs ending in -ize are "nearly all unnecessary and ill-formed," the text pops up with trivializing, signalize, actualize.
From Time Magazine Archive
An opportunity occurred before long for Arnold again to signalize himself.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
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
But overall, the Federal Highway Administration has found roundabouts cause fewer emissions compared to signalized intersections, and said the difference can be “significant.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
The latter years of this prelate's life have been signalized by some remarkable changes.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Frances Milton Trollope
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
The balloons, however, as a more novel attempt for distant signalizing, or, rather, intercommunication, were a subject of deep interest.
From Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 by Sherard Osborn
The last chapter was intended more especially for my own particular edification; but we all laughed heartily at my grandmother's ideas of signalizing herself.
From A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church
Why do you hesitate, Varenus? or what better opportunity of signalizing your valor do you seek?
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
It connects two great crises in human history, the events of the first tending to establish the papal rule over men, the events of the second signalizing a breaking of those bands.
From Our Day In the Light of Prophecy by William Ambrose Spicer
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