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signs off

signs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sign off.

Meaning of sign off

Verb

sign off (third-person singular simple present signs off, present participle signing off, simple past and past participle signed off)

  1. (idiomatic) To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especially, to stop talking.
    • He finished the conversation and signed off.
  2. To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
    • Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.
    Synonyms:
    closedown
  3. to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed, especially by a signature.
    • Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.
  4. To use a valediction, such as the end of a letter or broadcast.
    • Boys of about fourteen to sixteen opened their letters to each other with 'manly' forms of address such as 'Amice' (My friend). They signed off with 'Vale' (Farewell), or 'TT' (Totus Tuus, All yours).2011 September 9, Willemijn Ruberg, Conventional Correspondence: Epistolary Culture of the Dutch Elite, 1770-1850, BRILL, →ISBN, page 81

Questions about signs off

What is signs off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Signs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sign off.

Words near signs off in the dictionary

  1. signs of life
  2. signs of the cross
  3. signs of the horns
  4. signs of the times
  5. signs of the zodiac
  6. signs off
  7. signs on
  8. signs on the dotted line
  9. signs one's death warrant
  10. signs one's own death warrant
  11. signs onto

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