significance

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Significancy

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

meaning import implication signification force value effect influence importance moment worth magnitude emphasis consequence essence
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Antonyms

insignificance foundation beginning cause base basis
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Hypernyms

meaning content importance message substance

Hyponyms

point effect sense overtone core moral

Phrases with the word

apparent significance clear significance little significance significance of a digit absolute significance commercial significance

Examples

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Laurence J. Peter

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. Václav Havel

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. Herbert Read

The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance way beyond traditional views of function. Jonathan Ive

In all matters but particularly in architecture ...that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives significance is a demonstration on scientific principles. ...One who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions. Vitruvius

Close letter words and terms

signifiance signifiaunce signific significance level significance of a bit significance of a digit