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signification

[ sig-nuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. meaning; import; sense.
  2. the act or fact of signifying; signifying; indication.


signification

/ ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. something that is signified; meaning or sense
  2. the act of signifying
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • nonsig·ni·fi·cation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of signification1

1250–1300; Middle English significacion (< Old French signification, significaciun ) < Latin significātiōn- (stem of significātiō ) signal, emphasis, meaning, equivalent to significāt ( us ), past participle of significāre to signify ( -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

When thus indefinitely used, it must be understood as designed to bear individually each signification.

His is ill syntax with heaven; and by unfeared he means unafraid: Words of a quite contrary signification.

The inoffensive word was the more readily adopted by the classes who had least notion of its signification.

The oath of William Rufus, per vultum de Lucca, has raised conjectures as to its probable signification.

The word leve or leave has very much the same signification as the word cense or cess.

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