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significance
(mass) | significance
- význam |
significance
(encz) | significance,význam Pavel Machek; Giza |
Significance
(gcide) | Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
n. [L. significantia.]
1. The quality or state of being significant.
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2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the
significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
word or expression.
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3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
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With this brain I must work, in order to give
significancy and value to the few facts which I
possess. --De Quincey.
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significance
(wn) | significance
n 1: the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the
significance of nuclear power" [ant: insignificance]
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"
[syn: significance, import, implication]
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 ambiguous" [syn:
meaning, significance, signification, import] |
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significance
(mass) | significance
- význam |
fresh significance
(encz) | fresh significance,nový význam web |
insignificance
(encz) | insignificance,bezvýznamnost n: Zdeněk Brožinsignificance,nedůležitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
significance
(encz) | significance,význam Pavel Machek; Giza |
significance level
(encz) | significance level,úroveň důležitosti Zdeněk Brož |
Insignificance
(gcide) | Insignificance \In`sig*nif"i*cance\, n.
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of
significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of
words or phrases.
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2. Lack of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness;
inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
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3. Lack of claim to consideration or notice; lack of
influence or standing; meanness.
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Reduce him, from being the first person in the
nation, to a state of insignificance. --Beattie.
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insignificance
(wn) | insignificance
n 1: the quality of having little or no significance [ant:
significance] |
significance
(wn) | significance
n 1: the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the
significance of nuclear power" [ant: insignificance]
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"
[syn: significance, import, implication]
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 ambiguous" [syn:
meaning, significance, signification, import] |
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