significance
US: /səɡˈnɪfɪkəns/, /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
UK: /sɪɡnˈɪfɪkəns/
UK: /sɪɡnˈɪfɪkəns/
English Vietnamese dictionary
significance /sig'nifikəns/
- danh từ
- ý nghĩa
- a look of deep significance: cái nhìn đầy ý nghĩa
- sự quan trọng, sự đáng chú ý
- event of great significance: một sự kiện có tầm quan trọng lớn
- to attach significance to something: coi trọng cái gì
- ý nghĩa
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, C]
1 the importance of sth, especially when this has an effect on what happens in the future: a decision of major political significance + The new drug has great significance for the treatment of the disease. + We should be fully aware of the significance of television in shaping our ideas.
Antonym: INSIGNIFICANCE
2 the meaning of sth: She couldn't grasp the full significance of what he had said. + Do these symbols have any particular significance?
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 meaning, sense, signification, denotation, message, idea, point, import, purport, implication, portent, content, pith, essence; gist, drift, vein, impression, connotation:
The significance of words like God and love is different for almost everyone who uses them.
2 importance, weight, weightiness, consequence, moment, relevance, value:
The significance of the agreement lay not in its wording but in the fact that it was drawn up at all.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
considerable, criminal, deep, enormous, great, immense, major, profound, real | full, general, wider
The scientists are cautious about the wider significance of their findings.
| limited, minor | particular, special | real, true
They failed to appreciate the true significance of these discoveries.
| functional, practical, statistical, strategic, symbolic, theoretical | constitutional, cultural, economic, moral, historical, political, religious, social
VERB + SIGNIFICANCE
have
The ceremony has great symbolic significance.
| acquire, assume, gain, take on
Suddenly his son's relationship with the girl took on a new significance.
| attach
Let us not attach too much significance to these meetings.
| assess | appreciate, be aware of, grasp, understand | exaggerate | minimize, play down, underestimate
SIGNIFICANCE + VERB
lie in sth
The significance of this lies in the fact that he had previously denied all knowledge of the fund.
| attach to sth
Does any significance attach to the use of the technical terms?
PREP.
~ for/to
a meal that has particular significance for a Jewish family
| of ~
a policy of special significance to women
PHRASES
be of little, no, etc. significance
Concise English dictionary
sɪg'nɪfɪkəns
noun
+the quality of being significant
+a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
+the message that is intended or expressed or signified
