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Meaning of "halt sign" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALT SIGN

halt sign  [hɔːlt saɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALT SIGN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Halt sign is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALT SIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of halt sign in the English dictionary

The definition of halt sign in the dictionary is a sign instructing traffic to stop and then proceed only if the road ahead is clear.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALT SIGN


arcsin
ˈɑːkˌsaɪn
assign
əˈsaɪn
consign
kənˈsaɪn
cosign
kəʊˈsaɪn
cosine
ˈkəʊˌsaɪn
countersign
ˈkaʊntəˌsaɪn
ensign
ˈɛnsaɪn
inosine
ˈɪnəˌsaɪn
internecine
ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn
piscine
ˈpɪsaɪn
porcine
ˈpɔːsaɪn
re-sign
riːˈsaɪn
rusine
ˈruːsaɪn
sign
saɪn
sine
saɪn
syn
saɪn
thylacine
ˈθaɪləˌsaɪn
ursine
ˈɜːsaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALT SIGN

halophyte
halophytic
halophytism
halosere
halothane
haloumi
Hals
halse
halser
halt
halter
halterbreak
haltere
halterneck
halting
haltingly
haltingness
haltless
Halton
halutz

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALT SIGN

air sign
birth sign
call sign
design
dollar sign
earth sign
equal sign
equals sign
Indian sign
minus sign
negative sign
neon sign
peace sign
plus sign
pound sign
road sign
star sign
stop sign
sun sign
traffic sign
warning sign

Synonyms and antonyms of halt sign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «halt sign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALT SIGN

Find out the translation of halt sign to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of halt sign from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «halt sign» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

停止的迹象
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la muestra del alto
570 millions of speakers

English

halt sign
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पड़ाव पर हस्ताक्षर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علامة وقف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

остановка знак
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sinal de parada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হট সাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signe d´arrêt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanda berhenti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stoppschild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

停止記号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정지 기호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah tandha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu hiệu dừng lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுத்து அடையாளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थांबवा चिन्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dur işareti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segno di arresto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

halt znak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зупинка знак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semn popas
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σημάδι σταματήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stilstand teken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halttecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stans tegn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of halt sign

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALT SIGN»

The term «halt sign» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.701 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALT SIGN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «halt sign» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «halt sign» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about halt sign

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALT SIGN»

Discover the use of halt sign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to halt sign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grimoire for the Green Witch: A Complete Book of Shadows
Secure and guardthe boundaryof the North [raise left palm in 'halt' sign]. So Mote It Be! [bring left hand to side; bring wand across chest]. [S]: I call upon thee Elemental Fire! Aswe are kith andkin, come and meet with meas Iprepare my circle.
Ann Moura, 2012
2
Cases & Materials on Criminal Law: Fourth Edition
No question of mens rea enters into the offence; it is no answer to a charge under those sections to say 'I did not mean to drive dangerously' or 'I did not notice the Halt sign'. The justices' finding, that the respondent was not capable of forming ...
Mike Molan, Professor of Legal Education and Executive Dean Academic Development Mike Molan, 2009
3
Philippine Law on Torts and Damages
Thus, a motorist who omits to stop at a "HALT" sign and thereby collides with another vehicle, will be liable not for an omission, but for having performed carelessly the active operation of driving a car. The second type of situation is where the ...
J Cezar S Sangco, 1994
4
The Heart that Has Truly Loved: The Memoirs of Lorraine Vines
... of being driven by mother as a child had made me nervous about being behind the wheel. My driving instructor had been a flying instructor in the RAAF. He was a calm sort of chap and only spoke up when I went through a halt sign ...
Lorraine Vines, Michael Oakey, 2009
5
More Than a Puff of Smoke
There was a 'Halt' sign at the end of the High Street in Old Aberdeen where they were staying, and a police station adjacent. Instead of stopping completely as the law required, I merely slowed down. Several hundred yards up the road, ...
Ian Dunbar, 2009
6
U Can Do It
There is a halt sign there. The stop line was located at the bottom of a small steep hill. We approached the junction and when the time came to apply the brakes, which I did with great vigour, nothing of any note happened and we sailed across  ...
Frederick H. Brown, 2007
7
HeartStar
“We nearly got hit by a green Mercedes that ran the halt sign. It was going towards Dragonsbury Ring.” There was a long silence, and then she said nervously, “I have a feeling whoever was driving the Merc was looking for us.” “ Lookin' for us!
Elva Thompson, 2013
8
Contractor Combatants: Tales of an Imbedded Capitalist
There were already six trucks at the halt sign before the checkpoint. I could make out Joe's tall form moving about among the vehicles gesticulating vigorously in the Arab manner—hands flying about and rapid-fire words with aggressive ...
Carter Andress, 2007
9
Independent Witness
ANDOVER: Do you know these crossroads? PATRICIA: Oh yes – very well. ANDOVER: Then you know the 'halt' sign in the road the car was coming along? PATRICIA: I should say. I once didn't stop on my bicycle. And there was a policeman.
Henry Cecil, 2000
10
Sober As a Judge
maintain a good lookout, to pay full consideration to others using the road, and to stop whenever I come to a halt sign. In the words of one of our most distinguished judges – halt to me means halt. 'But I can't pretend I've always done that.
Henry Cecil, 2000

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALT SIGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term halt sign is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Advancing the length of time your dog will stay
To review a little of what I talked about last week, have your dog sit or lay down (“down”), show him the palm of your hand like a halt sign, say ... «Shreveport Times, May 15»
2
J&K Polls 2014: Youths killing in Badgam could bring AFSPA back …
Instead of immobilizing the car, that allegedly avoided responding to a halt sign, by bursting its tyres, soldiers targeted four teenagers travelling ... «Economic Times, Nov 14»
3
How one Yorkshireman conquered Britain's greatest cycle race
... it was to be a fairly haphazard affair: roads remained open to the public so riders had to dodge cars and stop at every halt sign, or face arrest. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
4
Cut-price Linode competitor spins up Singapore bit barn
As for performance, the cloud has mostly done well, save for a blip in the summer of last year when it had to temporarily halt sign-ups when ... «Register, Feb 14»
5
Thou shalt not come hither: Britain's oldest no entry sign found after …
I see a photo of the log with no other pic's to see how it is supposed to be a 'halt' sign. I see a photo of a modern halt sign, a curved stretch of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 13»
6
Loesch Says Spoons Can Be Assault Weapons, Accuses Van Jones …
... a glorious crescendo with her hand up in the halt sign lest anyone else think that a “discussion” involved someone other than Dana speaking, ... «PoliticusUSA, Mar 13»
7
Batsman Kane Williamson's big day at Lincoln
I walked into it and put up the halt sign pretty quickly." He tried to steer clear of worrying about the ructions around the team last year, before ... «Stuff.co.nz, Nov 11»
8
Tourist Trapped: San Francisco International Airport
Just as I handed him my papers, he gave me the halt sign, like a high-five I would leave hanging. With that, one, two, three…..fourteen, fifteen, ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 10»
9
Zadie Smith's satire mixes race and rivalry in a place like Harvard
From Princeton to Dartmouth, Amherst to Swarthmore, the messier realities of life are given a halt sign outside campus gates. But not quite. «San Francisco Chronicle, Sep 05»

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