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- pronunciation:
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noun |
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Significance is the importance or meaning of something. If something is not important at all, it has no significance. If something has significance, it matters.
Sara made a mistake at work, but, fortunately, it didn't have much significance. There was no damage and they could fix the problem easily.That old, dried-up flower has no value in money, but it has significance for Mrs. Meyer because it was the flower her husband gave her when they first met.Building the canal had great significance for the shipping industry and for people, because ships with goods could now travel from the ocean to the cities on the Great Lakes.- synonyms:
- consequence, importance
- similar words:
- emphasis, gravity, magnitude, meaning, note, point
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value, worth |
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