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sig·nifi·cance (sig nif′ə kəns)

noun

  1. that which is signified; meaning
  2. the quality of being significant; suggestiveness; expressiveness
  3. importance; consequence; moment

Etymology: LME < L significantia < significans: see significant

Also significancy sig·nif′i·cancy

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significance Synonyms

significance

n.

weight, consequence, point; see importance 1. See syn. study at importance.


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significance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appreciate: To appreciate the full significance of that promise we must take note of the circumstances in which the Epistle was written.

Adjective modifier

  • statistical: Statistical significance does not transfer directly into clinical practice.

Modifies a noun

  • testing: Confidence interval estimation provides a convenient alternative to significance testing in most situations.

Noun used with modifier

  • ritual: Usually there is a religious or ritual significance to such an object.

Preposition: in

  • context: The word " catenary " actually means the natural sag of such a wire and has more significance in this context than normally realized.

Preposition: of

  • finding: The significance of these findings for humans is unknown.
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significance quotes

   We shall maintain that no statement which refers to a 'reality'transcending the limits of all possible sense- experience can possibly have any literal significance.

-Ayer, SirAlfred Jules

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