signature
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- B1
Your own name written by your own hand in your own special way, to show that you agree with a paper or that it comes from you.
The bank compared my signature with the one they had on file.
The courier cannot leave the parcel here without a signature.
Her signature is one quick loop that nobody can read.
They collected two thousand signatures against closing the library.
Common collocations: put your signature · forge a signature · collect signatures · electronic signature · signature at the bottom
Part of: Writing, Public offices, Bank and money, Business correspondence
Sense 2 · less common
- adjective
- B2
Used before a noun about the one thing a person, place or group is best known for, because nobody else does it in quite the same way.
Roast duck with dumplings is the chef's signature dish here.
That long red scarf slowly became her signature look.
The band always ends the evening with their signature song.
Common collocations: signature dish · signature style · signature move · signature song · signature look
Part of: Restaurants, Art, Appearance