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sig⋅nif⋅i⋅cance

  [sig-nif-i-kuhns]
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–noun
1. importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
2. meaning; import: The familiar place had a new significance for her.
3. the quality of being significant or having a meaning: to give significance to dull chores.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< MF) < L significantia force, meaning, equiv. to significant- (see significant ) + -ia -ia; see -ance

Synonyms:
1. moment, weight. See importance. 2. See meaning.

Antonyms:
1. triviality.
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sig·nif·i·cance   (sĭg-nĭf'ĭ-kəns)   
n.  
  1. The state or quality of being significant. See Synonyms at importance.
  2. A meaning that is expressed.
  3. A covert or implied meaning. See Synonyms at meaning.
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Significance

Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\, n. [L. significantia.]

1. The quality or state of being significant.

2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.

With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : significance
Spanish: significado, importancia,
German: die Bedeutung,
Japanese: 意味
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significance 
c.1300 (implied in signification), from L. significantia "meaning, force, energy," from significans, prp. of significare (see signify). First record of significant is from 1579.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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