Sign and Term

Sign

Sign noun - A movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling.

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Term and sign are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Term" instead a noun "Sign".

Nearby Words: signify, signed, signature, signing, signboard

Term noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

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Sign and term are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sign" instead a noun "Term".

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

old	old sign	old term
special	special sign	special term
long	long sign	long term
common	common sign	common term
Other adjectives: appropriate, original, single, actual, real, ancient, new, final, military, next, last.

After he won the ROH World Championship, TNA was trying to get him to come back so presumably they had other long term plans but Matt Sydal convinced Black to sign with WWE instead.

Source: Wrestling / Seth Rollins
The term "star sign" is technically inaccurate for a start - that horoscope that appears in the paper every day is actually the sun sign.

Source: Western Zodiac
Anakin first classifies his threat against another species as "aggressive negotiations." Padmé later picks up the term as a sign that the two are bonding.

Source: Insistent Terminology / Live-Action Films

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