sign off
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Misspelling of signoff.
verb
To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
verb
to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed, especially by a signature.
verb
To use a valediction, such as the end of a letter or broadcast.
Example Sentences
- "He finished the conversation and signed off."
- "Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem."
- "Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction."
- "The town council, which closed the funicular last December for health and safety reasons, has yet to sign off the completion of £72,000 worth of remedial works to a retaining wall."
- "Scrapping the ancient primogeniture laws, signed off by the Queen in Perth ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2011, was one such modernizing move."
- "I've come to the reluctant view that the only way to resolve this and have legitimacy in the eyes of the public is for the people themselves to sign it off."
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Computing.