signification

[ sig-nuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. meaning; import; sense.
2. the act or fact of signifying; signifying; indication.

signification

/ ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. something that is signified; meaning or sense
2. the act of signifying

Other Words From

• nonsig·ni·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of signification¹

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 ( -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

When thus indefinitely used, it must be understood as designed to bear individually each signification.

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His is ill syntax with heaven; and by unfeared he means unafraid: Words of a quite contrary signification.

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The inoffensive word was the more readily adopted by the classes who had least notion of its signification.

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The oath of William Rufus, per vultum de Lucca, has raised conjectures as to its probable signification.

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The word leve or leave has very much the same signification as the word cense or cess.

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