significance

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (from Middle French ), from Latin significantia “force, meaning,” equivalent to significant- (see significant) + -ia -ia; (see -ance)

synonym study for significance

1. See importance. 2. See meaning.

OTHER WORDS FROM significance

non·sig·nif·i·cance, nounself-sig·nif·i·cance, noun

How to use significance in a sentence

The deadliness of the blow which had stupefied her still left her barely conscious of earthly significances.
Robin|Frances Hodgson Burnett
As it was, it seemed to Lee, a dictionary of synonyms would be helpless to make all its varied significances distinct.
Cytherea|Joseph Hergesheimer
We take up a novel, perhaps, which we read five years ago; we find in it now new significances and appeals.
The Gate of Appreciation|Carleton Noyes
In his fashion he began to remember trifling significances which at the time had meant little to him.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White

My word, as an exclamation with a thousand significances, could have arrived from nowhere else than Old England.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for significance

significance

/ (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns) /

noun

consequence or importance

something signified, expressed, or intended

the state or quality of being significant

statistics

a measure of the confidence that can be placed in a result, esp a substantive causal hypothesis, as not being merely a matter of chance
(as modifier)a significance level Compare confidence level See also hypothesis testing

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significance

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