Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undersigned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-signed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having signatures at the end or bottom.

adj

Having signed at the end of a document.

noun

A person, mentioned in a document, whose name and signature appears at the end.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: subscriber, signatory, signer"
"the undersigned"
"we the undersigned"
"We, the undersigned wagon-masters, assistants, teamsters and all other employees of the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell, do hereby sign that we will not swear, drink whisky, play cards or be cruel to dumb beasts in any way, shape or form."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English signed English undersigned From under- + signed.

Inflected Forms

undersigneds (plural)

Synonyms

subscriber signatory signer

Rhymes With

find kind mind behind designed signed wind combined presence of mind defined blind assigned

Questions

What does undersigned mean?: Having signatures at the end or bottom.
Where does undersigned come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English signed English undersigned From under- + signed.

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