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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the quality of being significant;
- Example: "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
- Example: "the significance of his remark became clear only later"
- Example: "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
[syn: significance, import, implication]

3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified;
- Example: "what is the meaning of this sentence"
- Example: "the significance of a red traffic light"
- Example: "the signification of Chinese characters"
- Example: "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
[syn: meaning, significance, signification, import]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
   n. [L. significantia.]
   1. The quality or state of being significant.
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   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.
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   3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
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            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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

significance
    n 1: the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the
         significance of nuclear power" [ant: insignificance]
    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"
       [syn: significance, import, implication]
    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 ambiguous" [syn:
       meaning, significance, signification, import]