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significance |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: {import}, {implication}] 3: the message that is intended or expressed [syn: {meaning}, {signification}, {import}]
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