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signified

noun
sig·​ni·​fied | \ ˈsig-nə-ˌfīd How to pronounce signified (audio) \

Definition of signified

: a concept or meaning as distinguished from the sign through which it is communicated — compare signifier sense 2

Examples of signified in a Sentence

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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, "Laurent Binet and the Case of the Dead Author," 20 Sep. 2017

First Known Use of signified

1939, in the meaning defined above

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