Definitions for Significance
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənssig·nif·i·cance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 10 votes

1. significancenoun

   the quality of being significant

   "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

2. significance, import, implicationnoun

   a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

   "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

3. meaning, significance, signification, importnoun

   the message that is intended or expressed or signified

   "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. significancenoun

   The extent to which something matters; importance

   As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome trial.

2. significancenoun

   Meaning.

3. Etymology: From significantia.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Significance, Significancynoun

   Etymology: from signify.

   1. Power of signifying; meaning.

   Speaking is a sensible expression of the notions of the mind by discriminations of utterance of voice, used as signs, having by consent several determinate significancies. William Holder.

   If he declares he intends it for the honour of another, he takes away by his words the significance of his action. Edward Stillingfleet.

   2. Force; energy; power of impressing the mind.

   The clearness of conception and expression, the boldness maintained to majesty, the significancy and sound of words, not strained into bombast, must escape our transient view upon the theatre. Dryden.

   As far as this duty will admit of privacy, our Saviour hath enjoined it in terms of particular significancy and force. Francis Atterbury.

   I have been admiring the wonderful significancy of that word persecution, and what various interpretations it hath acquired. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Importance; moment; consequence.

   How fatal would such a distinction have proved in former reigns, when many a circumstance of less significancy has been construed into an overt act of high treason? Addison.

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1. significance

   Significance refers to the importance or relevance of something, often characterized by its potential impact, influence, or value. It can also refer to the measure of statistical likelihood or probability, usually in the context of data analysis or research outcomes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 4 votes

1. Significancenoun

   alt. of Significancy

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Significance

   Significance is a stock issue in policy debate which establishes the importance of the harms in the status quo. As a stock issue has fallen out of favor with the debate community almost all debaters and judges now believe that any plan which is preferable to the status quo is significant. Significance derives from the word "substantially" which appears in most resolutions, and one can argue that Significance has been subsumed by the option for the negative to use a Topicality violation on that word.

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Meaning
   • Message

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Significance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2161

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Significance' in Nouns Frequency: #976

How to pronounce Significance?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Significance in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Significance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Significance in a Sentence

1. Dawna Markova:

   I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

2. Pierce Brosnan:

   James Bond has a certain significance and a deep pride, i will be asked about James Bond until my dying days -- it just goes with the territory. James Bond's James Bond.

3. Kraft Heinz:

   Seven, seven — there are so many illustrations of the psychological influences of that figure and of its alluring significance to people of all ages and races, 58 Varieties or 59 Varieties did not appeal at all to me as being equally strong.

4. Philando Castile:

   I don't understand what they were getting out of doing it, i'm not politically inclined so I have no idea what the significance of doing something like that really means.

5. Buzz Aldrin:

   Aldrin in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. For the 50th anniversary of the landing, Omega issued a limited edition Speedmaster watch, a tribute to the one that Buzz Aldrin wore to the moon. ( Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP) I prefaced desolate with magnificent, because of humanitys reaching outward and accomplishing something that people thought was impossible, Buzz Aldrin said. They dreamed of somehow reaching the moon. And to demonstrate, to be a part of demonstrating this miracle was magnificent. On July 16, 1969, Buzz Aldrin, along with mission commander Neil Armstrong and command module pilot Michael Collins, launched from Kennedy Space Center atop a Saturn V rocket. Four days later, Neil Armstrong made history when Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. Aldrinexited thelunar module 19 minutes after Neil Armstrong. The famed astronaut joked about being second during his interview. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORYS MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION : WE HAD A JOB TO DO AND WE DID IT I will forever, no matter what I do, be known as the second man on the moon, he quipped. In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. ( Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP) Why does it bother you to be a second man to walk on the moon ? Youre one of a dozen men who had that incredible role, Cavuto asked in a follow-up question. Well, people love being vice president, dont they ? No, Buzz Aldrin responded with a chuckle. APOLLO 11S EPIC MISSION TO THE MOON IN PICTURES Does it bother me ? Yeah, it does a little bit, Buzz Aldrin continued. Why ? Because that isnt the way I would have described what this country did with two human beings landing on the moon and then deciding who was going to go out. We did things together as a team. The famous astronaut also recalls his famous steps across the surface of the moon and how he was well aware that the world was watching. Right near the end of our period out there Buzz Aldrin was doing something with the rock boxes -- I knew where the TV camera was, and I jumped up and down and pranced around to demonstrate the mobility that a person has, he said. So I was demonstrating for the people watching on TVintentionally showing them the varieties of kangaroo hop of turning. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORYS MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION : WE HAD A JOB TO DO AND WE DID IT During his sit-down with Cavuto, Buzz Aldrin also recollected the experience of looking back at Earth while on the surface of the Moon. [ You ] look up there, theres the earth. It looks small when its up there. If you look close, you may be able to see the ice over a pole, he said. If you look at your Omega watch, you may be able to tell what time it is in Houston. Buzz Aldrin also talked about the political significance of their mission to the moon, coming as it did duringthe space race with Russia atthe height of the Cold War. APOLLO 11 : THE BOOK THAT LANDED MAN ON THE MOON COULD SELL FOR $ 9 MILLION I do a lot of thinking today -- about somebody who had -- the guts to see that we were being outshone -- outshined in the Cold War by the Soviet Union, and to say, What can we do ?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Significance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Significance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Significance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Significance
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Significance