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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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
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
Soon the Duke will step within, open Parliament, signalize that the world has a new Great Capital.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nationwide rallies and memorial services would signalize their Week, beginning Oct.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was my first essay in firing on my own account, and fired as I was with my wishes to signalize myself, I labored to enter my novitiate with all due honor.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
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
On one part of Sullivant Avenue in the Hilltop, there was an average of 418 meters between signalized intersections -- one-fourth of a mile.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
Tracking how frequently red-light turns factor into pedestrian or bicyclist injuries is difficult because they are often coded as “failure to yield,” which encompasses more than just signalized intersections.
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
Their stay there was signalized by the ascent of Pichincha and Chimborazo, and terminated in an expedition to the sources of the Amazon en route for Lima.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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
I know thou wilt think I am going to claim some merit to myself, for having given her such opportunities of signalizing her virtues.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Samuel Richardson
By way of signalizing their community of interest the Dioscuri presently began to write satirical distichs at the expense of men and tendencies that they did not like.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
George attended to the signal; and in a few seconds a young man entered the room, signalizing himself in a very familiar but somewhat uncouth manner.
From The Black-Sealed Letter Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cockney. by Andrew Learmont Spedon
It therefore becomes a small part for us to perform in signalizing the honest writer and leader by giving him our unanimous support.
From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Charles H. Fowler
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