signified
noun
sig·ni·fied ˈsig-nə-ˌfīd 
: a concept or meaning as distinguished from the sign through which it is communicated compare signifier sense 2
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Binet’s characters carry on with all of the arbitrariness of signifiers that have been freed from their signifieds. 
Sven Birkerts, New Republic, 20 Sep. 2017
Sven Birkerts, New Republic, 20 Sep. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1939, in the meaning defined above
signified
verb
1
as in mattered
to be of importance never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- mattered
- meant
- weighed
- counted
- influenced
- affected
- imported
- carried weight
- cut ice
- concerned
- swayed
- added up (to)
- amounted (to)
2
as in meant
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the symbol failed to signify anything to me—until I realized that it was upside down Synonyms & Similar Words
- meant
- denoted
- implied
- indicated
- intended
- expressed
- spelled
- symbolized
- suggested
- connoted
- imported
- represented
- inferred
- explained
- hinted
- intimated
- signaled
- announced
- mentioned
- embodied
- specified
- proclaimed
- epitomized
- personified
- adverted
- signalled
- cited
- insinuated
- designated
- declared
- elucidated
- symbolled
- symboled
- instanced
- touched (on or upon)
- alluded (to)
- added up (to)
- amounted (to)
- pointed (to)
- referred (to)
3
as in indicated
to serve as a sign or symptom of the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression Synonyms & Similar Words
- indicated
- meant
- denoted
- betokened
- presaged
- boded
- foretold
- pointed (to)
- told (of)
- foreshowed
- bespoke