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View synonyms for significance
significance
[ sig-nif-i-kuhns ]
noun
- importance; consequence:
the significance of the new treaty.
Antonyms: triviality
- meaning; import:
The familiar place had a new significance for her.
- the quality of being significant or having a meaning:
to give significance to dull chores.
significance
/ sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns /
noun
- consequence or importance
- something signified, expressed, or intended
- the state or quality of being significant
- statistics
- 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
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Other Words From
- nonsig·nifi·cance noun
- self-sig·nifi·cance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of significance1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (from Middle French ), from Latin significantia “force, meaning,” equivalent to significant- ( significant ) + -ia -ia; ( -ance )
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Synonym Study
See importance. See meaning.
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