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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Etymology
Origin of signalize
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
Nearly half a century later a dinner was given at Queenston by our Canadian friends, to signalize the completion of the Lewiston Suspension Bridge.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by Holley, George W.
“We did find an increase in fatal crashes at signalized intersections in these cities after the cameras were turned off.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
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
Baker said that could change due to the court ruling and expectations that the federal board reviewing public right-of-way issues will eventually require APS at most new or rebuilt signalized intersections nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
Sidewalks and signalized pedestrian crossings, traffic calming in neighborhoods.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
There are two defects of the moral fanatic which can now be signalized: First, he wrongly believes that whatever is not of morality is against it.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
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
But on Wednesday afternoon, coming like a race-horse––wung out––we sighted a dory and two men in it signalizing.
From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
Mr. Bell had long been a student of heraldry, and saw an opportunity not only of benefiting his friend, but of signalizing himself.
From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous
He has frequent opportunities of signalizing himself in a small way.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
The marvelous accomplishments signalizing the rise and establishment of the Administrative Order of the Faith in Latin America have been eclipsed.
From Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 by Shoghi Effendi
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