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SIG

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. special-interest group.


sig. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. signal.

  2. signature.

  3. signor. Also Sig.

  4. signore; signori. Also Sig.


Sig. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) write; mark; label: indicating directions to be written on a package or label for the use of the patient.


Sig. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. let it be written.


Sig. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) signā

  2. (in prescriptions) signature

  3. signor

  4. signore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sig. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. signature

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Sig.3

< Latin signā; See signa

Origin of Sig.4

From the Latin word signētur

Example Sentences

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She said two guns recovered from the scene - a Glock 10mm pistol and a SIG Sauer P226 - were legally owned.

From BBC

Ruger is the largest U.S.-listed company, competing with domestic rival Smith & Wesson as well as foreign-owned players including Colt, SIG Sauer and Glock.

From The Wall Street Journal

On a freezing Saturday morning, the 37-year-old ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital, legally carrying his holstered Sig Sauer pistol with a valid permit, stood between federal immigration agents and a woman they’d just shoved to the ground.

From Salon

She was armed, like many people in Montana, and carried a 9mm SIG Sauer in her handbag.

From The Wall Street Journal

“No, seriously, it all started in 1972. I came down for Mardi Gras with a group of Sig Eps from Missouri—I went to what’s now called Missouri State. I just flipped for the city, and I’m too lazy to define what it is, exactly. After that, every time I’d get a couple of bucks, I’d go down.”

From MarketWatch