significance
//sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns//
formalForms
- Plural
- significances
Definitions
1.The extent to which something matters; importance
- As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.
- Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
2.Meaning.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3380
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia.
Doublet of signifiance.