sign off
verb
Simple meaning
To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsaɪˈnɔf
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
broadcasting
To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
broadcasting
Cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
followed by "on"
To give one's official approval to something for which it is needed, especially by a signature.
idiomatic
To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especially, to stop talking.
To use a valediction, such as the end of a letter or broadcast.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (broadcasting) To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
Used this way, sign off is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
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