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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.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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