{
    "term": "signature",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "your name as you usually write it, for example at the end of a letter",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Someone had forged her signature on the cheque."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They collected 10 000 signatures for their petition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was attacked for having **put his signature to** the deal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you witness my signature on my will, please?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The form requires the signatures of two witnesses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law recognizes a digital signature for online transactions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The salesperson verifies the signature by comparing it with the one on the card."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The will bears her signature."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["illegible", "handwritten", "valid"],
                "verb + signature": ["put", "scrawl", "scribble"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of signing something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Two copies of the contract will be sent to you for signature."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["illegible", "handwritten", "valid"],
                "verb + signature": ["put", "scrawl", "scribble"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular quality that makes something different from other similar things and makes it easy to recognize",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Bright colours are his signature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The signature flavours of Thai cookery are coriander and lime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each song bears the signature of its performer."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["characteristic", "distinctive", "telltale"],
                "verb + signature": ["detect", "bear", "leave"],
                "preposition": ["signature of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪɡnətʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "si/signature/signature__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪɡnətʃər/",
                "audio": "si/signature/signature__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term): from medieval Latin signatura ‘sign manual’ (in late Latin denoting a marking on sheep), from Latin signare ‘to sign, mark’."
}