Term Gallery logo

Meanings of sign-language in English

Used of the language of the deaf.

        Related terms
        Usage of sign-language in English
        1
        In this sign-language the girl described the situation in the barn.
        The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil Wa...
        2
        Mr Mitchell, flanked by a sign-language interpreter, immediately answers the question.
        The Irish Times
        3
        India has a large community of deaf people, but very little digital content exists in sign-language.
        BBC
        4
        School exercises in language composition are given with great success upon the basis of the sign-language.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
        5
        To her surprise, a sign-language interpreter was provided for the job interview without her even asking.
        The Irish Times
        6
        Bampot hosts craft circles, philosophy discussions and sign-language practice sessions alongside its menu of 170 games.
        The Irish Times
        7
        It is a giraffe It is part of the old sign-language out of which the hieroglyphics developed.
        The Story of Mankind
        8
        In this instance, as in several others, the still alarm was communicated by silent signals, or sign-language.
        The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
        9
        That case concerned whether a school board was required to provide a deaf student with a sign-language interpreter.
        Reuters
        10
        Watching Stumpf put these sentiments into word and sign-language, Locke was already running through the alternative options available.
        Complete Books of Blood
        11
        Speaks French, German, and Spanish, besides I don't know how many Indian sign-languages.
        The Man on the Box
        12
        CLARK, W. P.: The Indian Sign-Language, etc.
        The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought / Studies of the Activit...
        Sign-language through the time