An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
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
Etymology
Noun
significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)
The extent to which something matters; importance
Meaning.
Source: Wiktionary
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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CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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