SIGNIFICANCE

significance

(noun) the quality of being significant; “do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power”

significance, import, implication

(noun) 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”

meaning, significance, signification, import

(noun) 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 ambiguous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)

The extent to which something matters; importance

Meaning.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sig*nif"i*cance, Sig*nif"i*can*cy, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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