significance

Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

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significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)

1. The extent to which something matters; importance

   As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

2. Meaning.

   the significance of a gesture

• Significance level (statistics).
• Statistical significance.

significance

1. Alternative form of significaunce