Meaning & use
signing
The use of hand shapes, movements, and facial expressions to communicate, as in a sign language.
See it in a sentence
The interpreter used signing to translate the lecture for deaf students in real time.
Their toddler picked up basic signing before she could say her first words.
A note on using this word
In everyday speech, signing usually refers to communicating in a sign language like ASL or BSL, not merely gesturing.
Words with a similar meaning
sign language
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The act of writing one's signature on a document to make it official or binding.
The signing of the lease took less than ten minutes at the agent's office.
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