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significance

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
25
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ (UK)

Definition of significance

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The extent to which something matters; importance
    “As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.”
    “Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The extent to which something matters; importance
    “As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.”
    “Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Meaning.
    “the significance of her gesture was unclear”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.

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