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Pronunciation:  sig'nifukuns

WordNet Dictionary
  1. [n]  the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

SIGNIFICANCE is a 12 letter word that starts with S.


 Synonyms: implication, import, import, meaning, signification
 Antonyms: insignificance
 See Also: burden, connotation, consequence, content, core, effect, essence, gist, grammatical meaning, historicalness, import, importance, intension, intent, lesson, lexical meaning, meaning, meaningfulness, message, moment, moral, nicety, nuance, overtone, point, purport, referent, refinement, sense, shade, signified, spirit, subject matter, substance, substance, subtlety, symbolisation, symbolization



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
\Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
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.