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单词 significance
释义 sig·nif·i·cance
\sigˈnifə̇kən(t)s, -fēk-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English significaunce, from Latin significantia, from significant-, significans + -ia -y
1.
 a. : something signified : import, meaning, bearing
  < a familiar sight enough though it broke upon her now with a new significance — Thomas Hardy >
  < having cosmic significances, which I never suspected, extracted from my work — T.S.Eliot >
  < apt to read significance into every casual remark >
 b. : the quality of conveying or implying : suggestiveness
  < the young gentleman uttered this exultant sound with mysterious significance — Charles Dickens >
2.
 a. : the quality of being important : consequence, moment
  < knack for discovering the ordinary and investing it with warmth and significance — Arthur Knight >
  < the industrial significance of coal >
 b. : the quality of being statistically significant
Synonyms: see importance
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