Signify vs Stand_for - What's the difference?
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To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)
To mean; to betoken.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
(idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent
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* John Locke
To advocate, to support
To tolerate
As verbs the difference between signify and stand_for
is that signify is to give (something) a meaning or an importance while stand_for is to mean; to symbolize; to represent.signify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- I'll to the king; and signify to him / That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.
- The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
- A tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)stand_for
English
Verb
- The abbreviation CIA stands for "Central Intelligence Agency".
Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.
- I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another.
- We won't stand for that type of behaviour.