Definitions for significance

significance sig·nif·i·cance

Spelling: [sig-nif-i-kuh ns]
IPA: /sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəns/

Significance is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 394 anagrams from letters in significance (accefgiiinns).

Definitions for significance

noun

  1. importance; consequence:
  2. meaning; import:
  3. the quality of being significant or having a meaning:

Origin of significance

1400-50; late Middle English (Middle French) Latin significantia force, meaning, equivalent to significant- (see significant) + -ia -ia;

Examples for significance

Peter knew he was experiencing a ceremony of some kind, the significance of which he must learn.

The significance of the history of women in the early Church is not lost on Episcopalian.

The quote is apocryphal, but that has not changed its significance for Army football players.

Even then its significance was disregarded and its importance underrated.

Her experiences are recorded in a prison diary in which she has visions that have significance for the whole community.

It is doubtful if she would have realized its significance, had she seen it.

Of the significance of the life of this great man, it would be superfluous to speak.

And this illustration has significance for more than the physical order of revelation.

He was a!ways ready to tell a story that seemed fraught with significance.

Most people, however, understood the significance of the photo immediately-- especially those who share my skin.

Word Value for significance
Scrable

20

Words with friends

25

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