significancenoun [ U ]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/significance noun [ U ] (IMPORTANCE)
C1 importance:
The discovery of the new drug is of great significance for/to people suffering from heart problems.
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- They were offered a few cosmetic improvements to their working conditions, but nothing of significance.
- And what might be the underlying significance of these supposedly random acts of violence?
- His work is of great significance to historians.
- We should not overestimate the significance of his influence.
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Importance - general words
- cornerstone
- focus
- grand
- gravitas
- importance
- magnitude
- meaning
- meaningful
- momentous
- proportion
- seniority
- seriousness
- simple
- status
- substance
- substantial
- supremacy
- transcendent
- value
- weight
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significance noun [ U ] (SPECIAL MEANING)
special meaning:
Do you think that look he gave you had any significance?
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Meaning & significance
- add
- add up to sth
- badge
- connotation
- denotation
- drive
- hermeneutic
- hermeneutics
- how
- loaded
- mean
- meaning
- modality
- other
- pregnant
- put words in/into sb's mouth idiom
- significantly
- signify
- speak to sb idiom
- word
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