Significance Meaning
/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe extent to which something matters; importance
nounMeaning.
Sentence Examples
Your thoughts are of no significance at all.
It has no absolute and universal significance.
A decision of major political significance
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor emphasized the historical ____ of the discovery for future research.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Historians are still debating the cultural ____ of the ancient artifacts discovered in the desert last year.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor emphasized the historical ____ of the discovery for future research.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Historians are still debating the cultural ____ of the ancient artifacts discovered in the desert last year.