Significance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Significance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Significance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
significance n the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" Antonym(s): insignificance a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" Synonym(s): significance, import, implication the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" Synonym(s): meaning, significance, signification, import
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Significance \Signif"icance\, Significancy \Signif"icancy\, n. [L. significantia.] 1. The quality or state of being significant. 2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance* of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. --De Quincey.