Sign (semiotics)
SOMETHING THAT COMMUNICATES MEANING
Sign (linguistics); Signifying chain; Representamen; Sign (semiotic); Linguistic sign; Sign (semiology); Semiotic sign; Semiotic arbitrariness
In semiotics, a sign is anything that communicates a meaning that is not the sign itself to the interpreter of the sign. The meaning can be intentional such as a word uttered with a specific meaning, or unintentional, such as a symptom being a sign of a particular medical condition.