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How to spell signal

Signal is spelled S-I-G-N-A-L.

What it means: Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.

In a sentence: The traffic light gave the signal to cross the street. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent g.

Same family: signals, signaled, signalling, signal (noun), sign. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Signal comes from the Latin word 'signum', meaning 'mark' or 'sign'. It is closely related to the simpler word 'sign', and both share the idea of showing or indicating something.

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