Dictionary

significance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The extent to which something matters; importance
   • As the nudities and mythologies of the sixteenth century lost something of their vogue, the draperies acquired greater significance in the general effect; and the impression of agitation was accentuated by exaggerated flutters of wide-flung expanses of carved stuffs. 1924, George Henry Chase, Chandler Rathfon Post, A History of Sculpture, page 372:
   • 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. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
2. (countable, uncountable) Meaning.
   • the significance of her gesture was unclear

Forms

Deriveds

act of independent significance · nonsignificance · unsignificance · insignificance · significs · Tukey's honest significance test

Relateds

Statistical significance · Significance level

Synonyms

portentousness · import · portent

Translations (88)

sh znȁčāj (extent to which something matters) · cmn 重要性 (extent to which something matters) · de Signifikanz (extent to which something matters) · da betydning (extent to which something matters) · ro semnificativitate (extent to which something matters) · ja 意味 (meaning) · tr mana (meaning) · gl significación (extent to which something matters) · es calado (extent to which something matters) · cmn 意味 (meaning) · hu jelentőség (extent to which something matters) · el νόημα (meaning) · ga tábhacht (extent to which something matters) · ja 意義 (meaning) · gd ciall (extent to which something matters) · mk ва́жност (extent to which something matters) · yue 意味 (meaning) · ja 重要性 (extent to which something matters) · gd cudthrom (extent to which something matters) · txb ārth (meaning) · sv betydelse (meaning) · cy pwysigrwydd (extent to which something matters) · fi merkitys (extent to which something matters) · cmn 意義 /意义 (meaning) · hy նշանակություն (extent to which something matters) · ba әһәмиәт (extent to which something matters) · nl importantie (extent to which something matters) · nl belang (extent to which something matters) · th ความสำคัญ (extent to which something matters) · bg смисъл (meaning) · gd brìgh (extent to which something matters) · da betydning (meaning) · sv vikt (extent to which something matters) · ko 의미 (meaning) · pt significado (meaning) · mk зна́чење (extent to which something matters) · es significación (extent to which something matters) · hu fontosság (extent to which something matters) · sh vážnōst (extent to which something matters) · hy իմաստ (meaning) · ta அர்த்தம் (meaning) · ru значе́ние (extent to which something matters) · cs význam (extent to which something matters) · mk сми́сла (meaning) · th ความหมาย (meaning) · nl betekenis (meaning) · it importanza (extent to which something matters) · fi tärkeys (extent to which something matters) · de Bedeutung (meaning) · fr signification (meaning) · bg значение (extent to which something matters) · fr signification (extent to which something matters) · sv signifikans (extent to which something matters) · nl betekenis (extent to which something matters) · pt significância (extent to which something matters) · es significado (extent to which something matters) · nan-hbl 意味 (meaning) · ca significat (meaning) · ko 중요성 (extent to which something matters) · hu értelem (meaning) · tr önem (extent to which something matters) · vi ý nghĩa (meaning) · es significado (meaning) · tr anlam (meaning) · sk význam (extent to which something matters) · fr importance (extent to which something matters) · sh znáčēnje (extent to which something matters) · ru значе́ние (meaning) · es significancia (extent to which something matters) · ro importanță (extent to which something matters) · eo signifo (meaning) · gd brìgh (meaning) · ru смысл (meaning) · ta பொருள் (meaning) · enm signifiaunce (meaning) · sv betydelse (extent to which something matters) · ro semnificanță (extent to which something matters) · it significatività (extent to which something matters) · hu jelentés (meaning) · fi tarkoitus (meaning) · enm significaunce (meaning) · km សារៈសំខាន់ (extent to which something matters) · ml പ്രാധാന്യം (extent to which something matters) · de Bedeutung (extent to which something matters) · pon wehwe (meaning) · it significanza (extent to which something matters) · es importancia (extent to which something matters) · ar مَعْنَى (extent to which something matters)