significance

noun

sig-NIF-i-kuhns/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

2 meanings of significance

1
noununcountable
How important something is, or how much it matters.
Like the difference between a small note and front-page news: it tells you how much something counts.
The significance of the discovery was clear to everyone in the room.
Nobody understood the significance of her warning until much later.
Similarimportance, weight, consequence, magnitude, import
Oppositeinsignificance, unimportance, triviality
2
noununcountable
The meaning or message behind something.
Like the hidden message tucked inside a secret code.
The red color carries a special significance in this story.
He completely missed the significance of her quiet smile.
Similarmeaning, import, sense, message

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Origin

It came through Middle English and Old French from Latin "significantia".