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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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
Census Bureau recorded signification population loss from its 2000 to 2020 counts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
Very few platinum-level artists have legacies so oversaturated with signification as the rechristened Chicks’.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2020
Its present use is derived from its technological signification in glass-manufacturing, where by die Schlieren are meant the wavy streaks and imperfections in glass.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
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