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
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Soon the Duke will step within, open Parliament, signalize that the world has a new Great Capital.
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
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
The friendship between these illustrious men was destined to survive the Revolution, and to signalize itself through many eventful years.
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 Irving, Washington
“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
To test its effectiveness, researchers collected data over the course of three weeks in March 2022 from each of Birmingham's 34 signalized intersections -- most of which are fixed-time systems.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 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
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 happy change of circumstances was signalized by David by two memorable acts, the one an act of justice, the other an act of generosity.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
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
Human love connects by invisible ties, and this signalizing from afar is a sign of a thought in common, of communication of feeling and participation of interest, notwithstanding all separation by space.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
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 Francke, Kuno
He has frequent opportunities of signalizing himself in a small way.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
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 Warner, Charles Dudley
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