significance

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Etymology

From Latin significantia.

Noun

significance (plural significances)

1. The extent to which something matters; importance

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

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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.

See also

• Significance level (statistics).
• Statistical significance.

Translations

extent to which something matters

Arabic: معنى (máʕna) Chinese: 重要性 (zhòngyàoxìng) Croatian: znáčēnje (hr) n., znȁčāj (hr) m., vážnōst (hr) f. Dutch: betekenis (nl) Finnish: merkitys (fi), tärkeys (fi) French: importance (1) signification (2) German: Bedeutung f., Signifikanz f. (1) Hungarian: jelentőség (hu), fontosság (hu) Italian: significanza f.

Japanese: 重要性 (jūyōsei) Korean: 중요성 (jung-yoseong) Portuguese: significância (pt) f. Romanian: semnificanță (ro) m. and n., importanță (ro) f., semnificativitate (ro) f. Russian: значение (ru) (značénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: brìgh f., ciall f., cudthrom m. Spanish: significado (es) m. Swedish: betydelse (sv) Thai: ความสำคัญ (th) (kwaam sămkan) Turkish: önem (tr)

meaning

Chinese: Mandarin: 意味 (cmn) (yìwèi) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tarkoitus (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: Bedeutung (de) f. Greek: νόημα (el) (nóima) n.

Hungarian: jelentés (hu), értelem (hu) Japanese: 意義 (ja), 意味 (ja) Portuguese: significado (pt) m. Russian: значение (ru) (značénije) n., смысл (ru) (smysl) m. Spanish: significado (es) m. Thai: ความหมาย (th) (kwaam măai) Turkish: anlam (tr), mana (tr)