significance

Noun
Synonyms: importimplicationmeaningsignification

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the quality of being significant“do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power”
  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”Synonyms: importimplication
  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”Synonyms: meaningsignificationimport
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\, n. [L. significantia.]

1.The quality or state of being significant. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.Importance; moment; weight; consequence. [1913 Webster]

With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.— De Quincey.[1913 Webster]
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