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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silent signal of warning |
| Synonyms: | alert, signal, the nod, the wink, warning signal |
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
| Synonyms: | Mayday, SOS, admonition, alarm, flap, high sign, sign, signal, siren, tip off, wink |
| Main Entry: | gesture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion as communication |
| Synonyms: | action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, genuflection, gesticulation, high sign, indication, intimation, kinesics, mime, nod, pantomime, reminder, salute, shrug, sign, sign language, signal, token, wave, wink |
| Notes: | gesticulate and gesture are based on Latin gerere 'bear, carry, perform' and gesticulation is more exaggerated than a gesture, often involving flailing; originally, a person's gesture was their 'bearing' or the way they 'carried' themselves |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | motion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movement, action |
| Synonyms: | act, advance, agitation, ambulation, body English, change, changing, direction, drift, dynamics, flow, fluctuation, flux, full swing, gesticulation, gesture, high sign, inclination, kinetics, locomotion, mobility, motility, move, oscillation, passage, passing, progress, sign, signal, stir, stirring, stream, sway, sweep, swing, tendency, travel, wave, wavering |
| Antonyms: | immobility, repose, rest, stagnation, stiffness, stillness |
| Main Entry: | recognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification, acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledging, admission, allowance, apperception, appreciation, apprehending, assimilation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, consciousness, detection, discovery, double take, high sign, identifying, memory, notice, noticing, perceiving, perception, realization, recall, recalling, recognizance, recollection, recurrence, remembering, remembrance, respect, salute, sensibility, tumble*, understanding, verifying |
| Antonyms: | forgetfulness, ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, evidence |
| Synonyms: | assurance, augury, auspice, badge, beacon, bell, caution, clue, divination, flag, flash, foreboding, foreknowledge, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, gesture, giveaway, handwriting on wall, harbinger, herald, high sign, hint, light, manifestation, mark, nod, note, omen, portent, precursor, prediction, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, proof, signal, suggestion, symbol, symptom, token, trace, vestige, warning, wave, whistle, wink |
| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; authorization |
| Synonyms: | Mayday, SOS, alarm, alert, beacon, bleep, blinker, cue, flag, flare, gesture, go-ahead, green light, high sign, indicator, mark, movement, nod, okay*, omen, sign, tocsin, token, wink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gesticulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gesture |
| Synonyms: | action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, genuflection, high sign, indication, intimation, kinesics, mime, motion, nod, pantomime, reminder, salute, shrug, sign, sign language, signal, token, wave, wink |
| Notes: | gesticulate and gesture are based on Latin gerere 'bear, carry, perform' and gesticulation is more exaggerated than a gesture, often involving flailing; originally, a person's gesture was their 'bearing' or the way they 'carried' themselves |
| Main Entry: | signification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign |
| Synonyms: | assurance, augury, auspice, badge, beacon, bell, caution, clue, divination, evidence, flag, flash*, foreboding, foreknowledge, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, gesture, giveaway, handwriting on wall, harbinger, herald, high sign, hint, index, indication, indicator, light, manifestation, mark*, nod, note, omen, portent, precursor, prediction, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, proof, signal, stamp, suggestion, symbol, symptom, token, trace, vestige, warning, wave, whistle, wink, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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