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to undersigned

to undersigned

1 5.9
To write your name at the end of a document to show you agree or that you wrote it
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərˈsaɪnd/
  • Formal
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  • We, the undersigned, call for the TSA to be abolished immediately.

Examples

  • We, the undersigned, senior members of the world's scientific community, hereby warn all humanity of what lies ahead.

    Academic text (2000)
  • We, the undersigned, consider your response on these five points to be critical to this nation's decision to entrust our military forces to you.

    Blog text (12)
  • I received the following statement from the undersigned former board members of the Free Gaza movement:

    Blog text (14)
  • We, the undersigned players, are unanimous... in our support and respect for Mr. Clough... and Mr. Taylor.

  • We, the undersigned, are men without a country, outlaws in our own land, and homeless outcasts in any other.

  • "We, the undersigned, are a group of scientists and health professionals who together have coauthored hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.

    Blog text (14)
  • The quit-claim to Lost Man's Key has been sold lawfully to the undersigned on the present date.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • We the undersigned hereby urge our Republican members of Congress to elect Congressman Paul Ryan Speaker of the House on the first day of the new Congress.

    Blog text (16)
  • The undersigned Board of Directors and members of the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City (ISGKC) urge you to sponsor a bill that outlaws any action that may insult one's religion.

    Blog text (3)
  • We, the undersigned, call for immediate action on climate change.

Antonyms

16 3.9

Without a written name or mark that shows who made it

Surface Forms

undersigned infinitive
undersigned past participle
undersigning present participle
undersigns third person singular

Morphology

undersigned = undersign (transparent) = under + sign + ed

The verb form is the past participle/finite form built from 'undersign' + '-ed'; the composition under+sign is semantically clear.

Etymology

Undersigned comes from under ('below') and sign ('mark' or 'signature'). To be undersigned is to have 'signed below' a paper, meaning you have put your signature under the document to show approval or authorship.