significance

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Etymology

From Old French significance, from Latin significantia.

Noun

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. 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.

   the significance of a gesture

See also

• Significance level (statistics).
• Statistical significance.

Translations

extent to which something matters

• Arabic: مَعْنَى (ar) ‎(maʿnā)
• Chinese: 重要性 (zhòngyàoxìng)
• Czech: význam (cs) m
• Dutch: betekenis (nl), belang (nl) f, importantie (nl) f
• Finnish: merkitys (fi), tärkeys (fi)
• French: importance (fr) f (1), signification (fr) f (2)
• German: Bedeutung (de) f, Signifikanz f (1)
• Hungarian: jelentőség (hu), fontosság (hu)
• Irish: tábhacht f
• Italian: significanza (it) f, significatività (it)
• Japanese: 重要性 ‎(jūyōsei)

• Khmer: ​សារៈសំខាន់ ‎(sarsaamkhan)
• Korean: 중요성 (ko) ‎(jung-yoseong)
• Portuguese: significância (pt) f
• Romanian: semnificanță m, n, importanță (ro) f, semnificativitate f
• Russian: значе́ние (ru) n ‎(značénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: brìgh f, ciall f, cudthrom m
• Serbo-Croatian: znáčēnje (sh) n, znȁčāj (sh) m, vážnōst (sh) f
• Spanish: significado (es) m, significación (es)
• Swedish: betydelse (sv), vikt (sv) c, signifikans (sv) c
• Thai: ความสำคัญ ‎(kwaam sămkan)
• Turkish: önem (tr)
• Welsh: pwysigrwydd (cy)

meaning

• Catalan: significat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意味 (zh) ‎(yìwèi)

• Dutch: betekenis (nl) f
• Finnish: tarkoitus (fi)
• French: signification (fr) f
• German: Bedeutung (de) f
• Greek: νόημα (el) n ‎(nóima)
• Hungarian: jelentés (hu), értelem (hu)

• Japanese: 意義 (ja) ‎(igi), 意味 (ja) ‎(imi)
• Portuguese: significado (pt) m
• Russian: значе́ние (ru) n ‎(značénije), смысл (ru) m ‎(smysl)
• Scottish Gaelic: brìgh f
• Spanish: significado (es) m
• Swedish: betydelse (sv) c
• Thai: ความหมาย (th) ‎(kwaam măai)
• Turkish: anlam (tr), mana (tr)