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bearing, concern, concernment, consequence, distinction, eminence, essentiality, excellence, force, gist, gravity, greatness, import, importance, interest, mark, materiality, materialness, matter, meaning, merit, moment, momentousness, notability, note, paramountcy, pith, portent, precedence, preeminence, primacy, priority, prominence, relevance, salience, salient point, seriousness, significatio, signification, substance, substantiality, supremacy, value, vis, weight, weightiness, worth
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clout, connotation, construction, content (meaning), degree (magnitude), distinction (reputation), import, importance, interest (concern), magnitude, main point, materiality (consequence), meaning, notoriety, point (purpose), prestige, purpose, relevance, signification, spirit, stress (accent), substance (essential nature), tenor, validity, value, weight (importance)
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Significance — can refer to:* Meaning ** In semiotics, the meaning assigned to a sign * Statistical significance, the probability that a result is not due to chance * Significant figures or significant digits, the precision of a numerical value * Significance… … Wikipedia
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significance — c.1300, from L. significantia meaning, force, energy, from significans, prp. of significare (see SIGNIFY (Cf. signify)) … Etymology dictionary
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significance — ► NOUN 1) the quality of being significant; importance. 2) the unstated meaning to be found in words or events. ORIGIN Latin significantia, from significare indicate, portend … English terms dictionary
significance — [sig nif′ə kəns] n. [LME < L significantia < significans: see SIGNIFICANT] 1. that which is signified; meaning 2. the quality of being significant; suggestiveness; expressiveness 3. importance; consequence; moment: Also significancy SYN.… … English World dictionary
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significance — sig|nif|i|cance W2 [sıgˈnıfıkəns] n [singular, U] 1.) the importance of an event, action etc, especially because of the effects or influence it will have in the future ≠ ↑insignificance ▪ Stella didn t attach any significance to Doug s query.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
significance — sig|nif|i|cance [ sıg nıfıkəns ] noun singular or uncount ** 1. ) the importance that something has because it affects other things: significance for: changes that have enormous significance for the medical profession be of great/little etc.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English