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significance

/ significance /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the quality of being significant
"do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
Opposites:
insignificance
Type of:
importance
Kinds of:
historicalness meaningfulness consequence import moment
noun Sense 2
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"
Type of:
meaning substance
Derived:
imply connote entail implicate spell
noun Sense 3
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"
Type of:
message content subject matter
Kinds of:
lexical meaning grammatical meaning symbolization symbolisation sense
Derived:
spell import mean intend signify
Semantic Complexity
44%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
27
Times Searched
1
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importance historicalness meaningfulness consequence import moment insignificance meaning substance message content subject matter