signification
Americannoun
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something that is signified; meaning or sense
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the act of signifying
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of signification
1250–1300; Middle English significacion (< Old French signification, significaciun ) < Latin significātiōn- (stem of significātiō ) signal, emphasis, meaning, equivalent to significāt ( us ), past participle of significāre to signify ( see -ate 1) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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“If you keep for a signification amount of time capacity that you don’t use, you put yourself in trouble. That’s what experience shows. So you need to continually adjust your capacity to your needs.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
Homeless people and those who were sick or older make up a signification portion of the death toll.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021
This flag possesses not only the signification the "black flag" does with Europeans, but must never be carried in retreat before an enemy, nothing but death being permitted to arrest its progress.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.
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