About The Word Significance
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Significance Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Significance?
[n] the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
[n] a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" [n] the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambigtuous" Synonyms | Synonyms for Significance: implication | import | import | meaning | signification Related Terms | Find terms related to Significance: See Also | burden | connotation | consequence | content | core | effect | essence | gist | grammatical meaning | historicalness | import | importance | intension | intent | lesson | lexical meaning | meaning | meaningfulness | message | moment | moral | nicety | nuance | overtone | point | purport | referent | refinement | sense | shade | signified | spirit | subject matter | substance | substance | subtlety | symbolisation | symbolization Significance In Webster's Dictionary \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
n. [L. significantia.]
1. The quality or state of being significant.
2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the
significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
word or expression.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give
significancy and value to the few facts which I
possess. --De Quincey.
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