signified

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noun

sig·​ni·​fied ˈsig-nə-ˌfīd How to pronounce signified (audio)
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: a concept or meaning as distinguished from the sign through which it is communicated compare signifier sense 2

signified

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past tense and past participle of signify

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Binet’s characters carry on with all of the arbitrariness of signifiers that have been freed from their signifieds. — Sven Birkerts, New Republic, 20 Sep. 2017

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Noun

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of signified was in 1939

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