significance

Use in a sentence

sig·nif·i·cance

[sig-nif-i-kuhns]
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 Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin significantia force, meaning, equivalent to significant- (see significant) + -ia -ia; see -ance

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


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


1. triviality.
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significance (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  consequence or importance
2.  something signified, expressed, or intended
3.  the state or quality of being significant
4.  statistics
 a.  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
 b.  Compare confidence level See also hypothesis testing (as modifier): a significance level

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Word Origin & History

significance
c.1300, from L. significantia "meaning, force, energy," from significans, prp. of significare (see signify).
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Example sentences
Given the importance the administration had attached to this matter, this would
  have seemed news of the utmost significance.
Unless certain agencies could use twitter as a tracking system, there is no
  real significance to much of this information.
Still, such mathematical tools are merely functional, not charged with ultimate
  significance.
But these queries really are trivial, compared to the immense significance of
  the book itself.
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