significance


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significance
n. importance, consequence; meaning, sense; quality of having meaning

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Significance
Significance can refer to: The meaning of a certain thing

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significance

Noun
1. the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
(antonym) insignificance
(hypernym) importance
(hyponym) historicalness
(attribute) significant, important
2. 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"
(synonym) import, implication
(hypernym) meaning, substance
3. 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 ambigtuous"
(synonym) meaning, signification, import
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) lexical meaning
(derivation) signify


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significance
n. význam; důležitost

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significance
Rzecz. znaczenie; ważność