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signal

 
 
/ˈsɪgnəl/ verb [T] (UK -ll-, US -l-)

Definition

to show that something is going to happen or that you are going to do something: Drops in sales signal a tough year ahead.signal that It recently signalled that it would not stand in the way of a takeover bid.
(Definition of signal verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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