sign onとは

意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

sign on (複数形 sign ons)

1. (broadcasting) The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours.

   Sign on for the radio station is at 5 a.m.

2. Alternative form of sign-on
   • 1994, SEC Docket - Volume 57, page 753:

     After 12:30 p.m., no new sign ons are permitted.

   • 1997, Australian Hotelier: Official National Magazine of the Australian Hotels Association, Volume 14:

     However, this commitment today is a strong sign of the level of support being received from the hotel industry, especially in the top line four and five star hotels. “I am confident that the stream of sign ons will continue in the run-up to the cut-off date of the rebate scheme of December 31."

   • 2001, Skipper Lee Frazier, Tighten Up: The Autobiography of a Houston Disc Jockey, →ISBN:

     He had one of the greatest signs, one of the all time great sign ons in radio.

   • 2010, Dean Browne, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1: Intelligence Unleashed, →ISBN:

     Administrators can now elect to have users manage their own data access sign ons, which are stored under a user's profile.

動詞

sign on (三人称単数 現在形 signs on, 現在分詞 signing on, 過去形および過去分詞形 signed on)

1. To join something, after signing.
2. To commit oneself, as to a project, a goal, on organization, a cause.
   • 1997 September, Bernard A. Weisberger, “What made the government grow.”, in American Heritage, volume 48, number 5, page 34:

     By January of 1996 President Clinton himself had apparently signed on with his declaration in the State of the Union message that "the era of big government is over."

   • 2011 March 26, Amanda Paulson, “How to fix America's worst schools”, in Christian Science Monitor:

     As a result, all the teachers at Phillips have signed on to a certain curriculum and follow common practices in the classroom.

   • I never signed on for this.
3. (broadcasting) To begin broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the beginning of a broadcasting day and after being off the air for several hours.
   • Years ago, the TV station would sign on at 5 a.m., but now it broadcasts 24 hours a day.
4. (idiomatic) To log on; to start using a computer, radio, etc., or to start talking.
5. (Britain, intransitive) To apply to receive unemployment benefits.
   • 1999, Madeleine St John, A Stairway to Paradise, Chapter 28

     Oh, one thing led to another; you know. I just sort of faffed around — I just did odd jobs; and sometimes in between I signed on.

アナグラム

• Ngonis, nigons, nosing

名詞

sign-on ‎(複数形 sign-ons)

1. The username and password for logging in to a computer account.
   • 2014, Elizabeth Keathley, Digital Asset Management, ISBN 1430263776:

     No one likes to continually update and remember multiple passwords and sign-ons, so if it's affordable, try to keep the security as simple as possible.

   • 2014, Thomas Payne, Practical Guide to Clinical Computing Systems, ISBN 0127999191:

     Considering the large number of applications in healthcare, multiple sign-ons can become a significant burden to the users.

   • 2015, Alan Calder & ‎Steve Watkins, IT Governance: An International Guide to Data Security and ISO27001/ISO27002, ISBN 0749474068:

     A user access profile that contains a number of individual system and information access rights can simplify life for the users (there is only one set of information to remember かつ therefore fewer written records to comporomise) and for the system administrator (it is easier to control かつ monitor access rights by an individual かつ to concentrate on tightening かつ improving security rather than administering multiple sign-ons).

   • 2016, Balser Group, Mandated Benefits Compliance Guide 2016 W/ Cd, ISBN 1454855940, page 5-19:

     Thus preparers needed to have their own sign-ons to the system in order to complete the report, and plan administrators need to obtain their own electronic signature credentials (a PIN) to the EFAST2 system.

2. An attempt to log in.
   • 1998, Martin A. Krist, Standard for Auditing Computer Applications, ISBN 1439858209:

     If the number of attempted sign-ons reaches the threshold value in the security software, the system will respond.

   • 2012, Abdulrahman Alghamdi, Tracking Student Record, ISBN 1471073645, page 20:

     Daily sign-ons are reported by exceptions, i.e. by who has not signed on each day.

   • 2012, Rick Sutcliffe, The Builder, ISBN 1921636572:

     I'll get the passwords attempted in the failed sign-ons.

3. (more generally) An instance of signing on to something.
   • 1996, Keith Graber Miller, Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves, ISBN 087049936X:

     Some legislative aides in Washington suggest that church lobbyists do need to be discriminating in their sign-ons.

   • 2006, Raymond A. Smith & ‎Patricia D. Siplon, Drugs Into Bodies: Global AIDS Treatment Activism, ISBN 0275983250, page 108:

     The work of getting sign-ons, for example, was also beneficial because it literally facilitated talking among strangers, and after one sign-on was done, a person who had been approached as a stranger the first time could now be spoken to as a colleague to see whether she or he might be interested in being part of a group working on a project or action.

   • 2016, Daniel E. Dawes, 150 Years of ObamaCare, ISBN 1421419645, page 111:

     Please find the larger group sign-on letter attached for comments/feedback. Send any comments to Daniel Dawes at: ***@*** by Tuesday, April 28. Remember -- this is just a draft. After this letter has been vetted by you all, we will send out a final copy right after sign-ons.

4. A person who signs on to something.
   • 2009, Brian David Bruns, Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline, ISBN 1932361707, page 164:

     The early sign-ons were already picking their way through the buffet, but the majority of the 3,500 guests had yet to arrive.

   • 2012, Ebed Louis, Screwed at Sea: The Devilish Gleam of Equis Cruise Lines, ISBN 1434928187, page 28:

     I got a call from the crew relations specialist that the sign-on had arrived, and they were taken to the so-called conference room for the sign-on process.

5. A verbal script that is repeated at the start of every instance of something, as a form of greeting and identification.
   • 1991, Charles E. Knox & ‎Charles Harris Scanlon, Flight tests with a data link used for air traffic control information exchange, page 11:

     In an effort to further reduce voice-radio frequency congestion with the use of data link, some crew members have suggested that no verbal sign-ons be required by the flight crews whenever an ATC frequency change occurs.

   • 2005, Mario Bosquez, The Chalupa Rules, ISBN 1440684812:

     These sign-ons and sign-offs have evolved through the years and have become “MFM” and “YFM.” This way, my entire family is included in the hellos and good-byes.

   • 2013, Violet “Cookie” Lynch, Years Into Lives: Pages from Our Family Stories, ISBN 1477294082, page 106:

     We got the news from Gabriel Heater whose sign-on was “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America, let's go to press;"

6. A signing bonus.
   • 1997, Informationweek - Issues 625-637, page 85:

     At Ryder, Habib used sign-ons as a way to attract key talent to the transportation company.

   • 2009, Emergency Medicine - Volume 41, Issues 1-6, page 49:

     NEPRC gave me excellent comparotives on all Northeast Jobs: Salaries, incentives, sign-ons, loan repay, relocation, bonuses, benefits in minutes.

   • 2010, Chris Roush, Show Me the Money, ISBN 1136947000:

     Sign-ons, to be fair, are neither a gift nor a bonus. They are payments for surrendering what remuneration an executive was promised at the job he's leaving.