significance
Use in a sentence
ɪ 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
1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin significantia force, meaning, equivalent to significant- (see significant) + -ia -ia; see -ance
Related forms
non·sig·nif·i·cance, noun
self-sig·nif·i·cance, noun
Antonyms
1. triviality.
1. triviality.
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| —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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