Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sign-off

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: sign-off
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of signoff.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As a sign-off, they played the video for 1979 new wave classic, a symbolic choice at it was also the first video that MTV ever aired when it launched in the US in 1981."

Etymology

Deverbal from sign off.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sign-offs (plural)

Questions

What does sign-off mean?: Alternative spelling of signoff.
Where does sign-off come from?: Deverbal from sign off.

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