Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Significance
significance, n. [OFr < L.; see signify, v.]
- Import; status; prestige; distinction.
- Importance; attention; consequence; thought.
- Magnitude; grandeur; greatness; magnificence; miraculous nature.
- Meaning; understanding; comprehension; intelligence; implication.
- Meaningfulness; noteworthiness; sufficient justification; inherent value.
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