signified

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Noun

signified (plural signifieds)

1. (linguistics, structuralism) The concept or idea evoked by a sign.
   • 2012, Esti Sheinberg, Music Semiotics (page 9)

     In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations.

Related terms

• signifier
• referent

Translations

• French: signifié
• German: Signifikat
• Russian: означа́емое

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of signify

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