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Definitions
the quality of being significant
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.
Used in a sentence
“As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.”
“Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.”
“the significance of her gesture was unclear”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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