Tra từ significance - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the quality of being significant (Freq. 21)
- do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
• Ant:
insignificance
• Derivationally related forms:
significant
• Hypernyms:
importance
• Hyponyms:
historicalness, meaningfulness, consequence, import, moment
• Attrubites:
significant, important, insignificant, unimportant
2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred (Freq. 7)
- the significance of his remark became clear only later
- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
• Syn:
import, implication
• Derivationally related forms:
imply (for: implication), implicate (for: implication), import (for: import), significant
• Hypernyms:
meaning, substance
3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
meaning, signification, import
• Derivationally related forms:
import (for: import), signify (for: signification), significant, signify, mean (for: meaning)
• Hypernyms:
message, content, subject matter, substance
• Hyponyms:
lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, symbolization, symbolisation, sense,
signified, intension, connotation, referent, effect, essence,
burden, core, gist, intent, purport, spirit,
moral, lesson, nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety,
refinement, overtone, point