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significance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | implication, import |
| Type of | substance, meaning |
| Derivation | significant |
the significance of his remark became clear only later.
significance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | import, meaning, signification |
| Type of | message, content, substance, subject matter |
| Has types | grammatical meaning, intension, intent, lesson, lexical meaning, spirit, connotation, core, effect, essence, gist, purport, referent, refinement, sense, shade, signified, burden, subtlety, symbolisation, symbolization, moral, nicety, nuance, overtone, point |
| Derivation | significant, signify |
the significance of a red traffic light.
significance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | importance |
| Has types | historicalness, moment, consequence, import, meaningfulness |
| Derivation | significant |
do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power.
Examples of significance
significance
Kind has not explicitly denied the claim but tried to downplay its significance.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
When the sides meet, it tends to matter, tends to carry a sense of significance.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
O'Brien scuttled reporters'questions about the personal significance of the win.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It could end tomorrow, relegating itself to all the significance of a flash mob.
From the freep.com
The significance of the verdict goes far beyond Ms Tymoshenko and Mr Yanukovych.
From the economist.com
That surely will be the supreme significance of his first footsteps on the Moon.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She did so shrugging her shoulders at the significance of what she had achieved.
From the independent.co.uk
The significance of this kind of break for Wilshere was vital, Terry reiterated.
From the independent.co.uk
It's a real town in southwest Iowa, but the name also has biblical significance.
From the theatlantic.com
- The quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
- 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"
- Meaning: 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"
- (significant) important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
- (significant) fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"
- (significant) too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
- Significance, established in 2004, is a magazine published quarterly by the Royal Statistical Society. The major part of the content consists of well-founded articles on topics of statistical interest, presented at a level suited to a general audience.
- 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.
- In statistics, a result is called statistically significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance. The phrase test of significance was coined by Ronald Fisher. ...
