sign on
65 synonyms found
- affiliate
- affiliate with
- associate
- book
- cable
- call up
- combine
- come into
- commandeer
- conscript
- creep in
- detach
- detach for service
- draft
- employ
- engage
- enlist
- enroll
- enter
- flash
- get into
- go into
- hire
- impress
- inaugurate
- induct
- initiate
- instate
- invest
- join
- join up
- league with
- levy
- mobilize
- muster
- muster in
- newscast
- ordain
- preengage
- radio
- radiobroadcast
- recruit
- retain
- send
- send a wire
- shortwave
- sign off
- sign up
- sign up for
- sneak in
- sportscast
- summon
- take into employment
- take on
- take out membership
- take up membership
- team up with
- team with
- telegram
- telegraph
- Teletype
- telex
- transmit
- wire
- wireless
Definition
(n) :
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."
(v) :
to join something, after signing; 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."