| 单词 | significance |
| 释义 | significance (once / 318 pages) n Significance means having the quality of being "significant" — meaningful, important. It also refers to the meaning of something. A certain date might have significance because it's your birthday or the anniversary of Princess Di's wedding. Significance starts with the word sign for a reason. An item's significance is a sign of its importance. The significance of something can be implicit or explicit — meaning it can be clear or only known with a deeper understanding of the situation. Your perfect score on the Calculus exam might have added significance for people who know that you never even opened your textbook to study. WORD FAMILYsignificance: significances+/co-sign: co-signed/countersign: countersignature, countersigned, countersigning, countersigns/insignificance: insignificances/insignificant: insignificance, insignificantly/sign: co-sign, countersign, signatory, signature, signed, signedly, signer, signify, signing, signs, undersign/signatory: signatories/signature: signatures/signed: unsigned/signer: signers/significant: insignificant, nonsignificant, significance, significantly/signification: significations/signifier: signifiers/signify: significant, signification, signified, signifier, signifies, signifying/signing: signings/undersign: undersigned, undersigning USAGE EXAMPLESAfter the game, Huskies coach Chris Petersen addressed the turnovers his team committed and failed to create and acknowledged their significance. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) What is the moral significance, if any, of national borders? The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Instead, she agreed to pick a favorite piece from the show and discuss its significance to her by email. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n the quality of being significant do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power Ant|Hypo|Hyper insignificance the quality of having little or no significance historicalness significance owing to its history meaningfulnessthe quality of having great value or significance consequence, import, momenthaving important effects or influence matter(used with negation) having consequence purposefulness, sense of purposethe quality of having a definite purpose hell to paydire consequences importance the quality of being important and worthy of note 2n the message that is intended or expressed or signified the significance of a red traffic light Syn|Hypo|Hyper import, meaning, signification lexical meaning the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express grammatical meaningthe meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form symbolisation, symbolizationthe use of symbols to convey meaning sense, signifiedthe meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted connotation, intensionwhat you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression referentsomething referred to; the object of a reference burden, core, effect, essence, gistthe central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work intent, purport, spiritthe intended meaning of a communication lesson, moralthe significance of a story or event nicety, nuance, refinement, shade, subtletya subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude overtone(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality pointa brief version of the essential meaning of something acceptation, word meaning, word sensethe accepted meaning of a word antecedentthe referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun denotatuman actual object referred to by a linguistic expression designatumsomething (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression bottom linethe decisive point crux, crux of the matterthe most important point rallying pointa point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together talking pointan especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 3n a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred the significance of his remark became clear only later Syn|Hyper implication, import meaning, substance the idea that is intended |
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