significance

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)

1. The extent to which something matters; importance

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

   • 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:

     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.

2. Meaning.

   the significance of a gesture

Synonyms

• import
• portent
• portentousness

Derived terms

• act of independent significance
• Tukey's honest significance test

Translations

extent to which something matters

Arabic: مَعْنَى (ar) (maʕnā) Armenian: նշանակություն (hy) (nšanakutʻyun) Bashkir: әһәмиәт (əhəmiət) Bulgarian: значение (bg) n (značenie) Chinese: Mandarin: 重要性 (zh) (zhòngyàoxìng) Czech: význam (cs) m Danish: betydning (da) Dutch: betekenis (nl), belang (nl) f, importantie (nl) f Finnish: merkitys (fi), tärkeys (fi) French: importance (fr) f (1), signification (fr) f (2) Galician: significación (gl) f German: Bedeutung (de) f, Signifikanz (de) f (1) Hungarian: jelentőség (hu), fontosság (hu) Irish: tábhacht f Italian: significanza (it) f, significatività (it), importanza (it) Japanese: 重要性 (ja) (jūyōsei) Khmer: សារៈសំខាន់ (sarsaamkhan) Korean: 중요성 (ko) (jung'yoseong) Macedonian: зна́чење n (znáčenje), ва́жност f (vážnost) Malayalam: പ്രാധാന്യം (prādhānyaṁ) Portuguese: significância (pt) f Romanian: semnificanță m or n, importanță (ro) f, semnificativitate f Russian: значе́ние (ru) n (značénije) Scottish Gaelic: brìgh f, ciall f, cudthrom m Serbo-Croatian: znáčēnje (sh) n, znȁčāj (sh) m, vážnōst (sh) f Spanish: significado (es) m, significación (es) f, calado (es) m, importancia (es) f, significancia (es) f Swedish: betydelse (sv), vikt (sv) c, signifikans (sv) c Thai: ความสำคัญ (th) (kwaam-sǎm-kan) Turkish: önem (tr) Welsh: pwysigrwydd (cy)

meaning

Armenian: իմաստ (hy) (imast) Bulgarian: смисъл (bg) m (smisǎl) Catalan: significat (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 意味 (ji3 mei6) Hokkien: 意味 (zh-min-nan) (ì-bī) Mandarin: 意味 (zh) (yìwèi), 意義 / 意义 (zh) (yìyì) Danish: betydning (da) Dutch: betekenis (nl) f Esperanto: signifo Finnish: tarkoitus (fi) French: signification (fr) f German: Bedeutung (de) f Greek: νόημα (el) n (nóima) Hungarian: jelentés (hu), értelem (hu) Japanese: 意義 (ja) (いぎ, igi), 意味 (ja) (いみ, imi) Korean: 의미(意味) (ko) (uimi) Macedonian: сми́сла f (smísla) Middle English: signifiaunce, significaunce Portuguese: significado (pt) m Russian: значе́ние (ru) n (značénije), смысл (ru) m (smysl) Scottish Gaelic: brìgh f Spanish: significado (es) m Swedish: betydelse (sv) c Thai: ความหมาย (th) (kwaam-mǎai) Tocharian B: ārth Turkish: anlam (tr), mana (tr) Vietnamese: ý nghĩa (vi) (意義 (vi))

See also

• Significance level (statistics).
• Statistical significance.

Middle English

Noun

significance

1. alternative form of significaunce