单词 | significance |
释义 | significance /sig nif"i keuhns/, n. 1. importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty. 2. meaning; import: The familiar place had a new significance for her. 3. the quality of being significant or having a meaning: to give significance to dull chores. [1400-50; late ME ( < MF) < L significantia force, meaning, equiv. to significant- (see SIGNIFICANT) + -ia -IA; see -ANCE] Syn. 1. moment, weight. See importance. 2. See meaning. Ant. 1. triviality. |
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