SIGNED (UP OR ON) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

signed (up or on)

verb

Definition of signed (up or on)

past tense of sign (up or on)

as in employed

to provide with a paying job the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products

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The security guards, who were employed by Akima Global Services, were distinguishable by the color of their shirts.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Igoe did not respond to an email asking if the deputies were still employed or had been disciplined due to the incident.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of employed

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Also Monday, Michigan hired Brown coach Mike Martin as an assistant to run the Wolverines offense.

— Tobias Bass, New York Times, 14 July 2026
When Gaspard was hired as political director on Obama’s presidential campaign, Michelle Obama was in need of some staff of her own.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of hired

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He was recruited at great cost to win this World Cup, and because of his tactical nous in knockout football.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The trippy, mind-bending sci-fi thriller stars Matthew McConaughey as a former NASA pilot recruited for a mission to find a potential new world for mankind when Earth becomes unlivable.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Definition of recruited

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