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Signed vs Undersigned - What's the difference?

signed | undersigned |

As adjectives the difference between signed and undersigned

is that signed is having both positive and negative varieties while undersigned is having signatures at the end or bottom.

As a verb signed

is past tense of sign.

As a noun undersigned is

the person or those people, mentioned in a document, whose names and signatures appear at the end.

signed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.
    • It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.
  • Having a signature, endorsed.
    • The signed check could be cashed.
  • (Of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
  • * 2013: Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins , Wilderness Press, p. 64 [//books.google.com/books?id=nT9LAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64]
    • Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles…

    Antonyms

    * unsigned

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sign)

    • Anagrams

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    undersigned

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a document) having signatures at the end or bottom
  • (of a person) having signed at the end of a document

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the person or those people, mentioned in a document, whose names and signatures appear at the end