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signalled

vb. (en-past of: signal)

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signal
  1. adj. notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

  2. [also: signalling, signalled]

signal
  1. n. any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" [syn: signaling, sign]

  2. any incitement to action; "he awaited the signal to start"; "the victory was a signal for wild celebration"

  3. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

  4. [also: signalling, signalled]

signal
  1. v. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu" [syn: sign, signalize, signalise]

  2. be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" [syn: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point]

  3. [also: signalling, signalled]

signalled

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Usage examples of "signalled".

I paused on a corner, signalled an autocab down from the prowl lane above and saw my tail doing the same as I climbed aboard.

But before he could switch into drive, thundering hoofs signalled the arrival of a dozen armed men, attired in burnooses and robes, who surrounded the bus, their rifles pointing at the windows.

He signalled to the waiter and ordered Vodka dry Martinis with lemon peel.

He signalled to young Crossjay, who was up and out through the folding windows in a twinkling.

This faithful sentinel, on guard even while Duke slept, signalled that alarums and excursions by parties unknown were taking place, and suggested that attention might well be paid.

Perhaps the Demons have in some secret manner signalled the Barkers to them.

I signalled to Alexas that now was the time to deal with the bath-house corpse, but Verovolcus stopped me leaving.

And even as he studied them, the air in the Century Hall rippled, the delegates wavered like phantasms, and he experienced the now familiar sickly qualm that signalled the working of Chorl Valeur's magic.

Here was failure again, for Georgie signalled to him, through a closed window, that a closeting with dramatic literature was preferable to the society of a playmate.

The yellow-belted Yaran dismounted, signalled Coley and the girl to get down as well, and led them in through a door in the large, rectangular building.

As Father Columba rose from the dead man's side and signalled to the soldiers to carry the body into the chapel, she touched his arm.

As Father Columba rose from the dead man’s side and signalled to the soldiers to carry the body into the chapel, she touched his arm.

It signalled to Eonneh, who undid one of the sausage-shaped packets and ate the contents, patting its chest to indicate satisfaction when it had finished.

She signalled to Barwick, who finally noticed her discomfort, set down the SAS training manual Caton-James had given him to read and came over.

A seaman watching over the bow signalled to Southwick - the anchor stock was in sight.