English-Thai Dictionary

significance

N ความสำคัญ  ประเด็นหลัก  ลักษณะ ที่ สำคัญ  point importance unimportance insignificance kwam-sam-kan

 

significance

N ความหมาย  การ มีความหมาย  meaning message kwam-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIGNIFICANCE, SIGNIFICANCY

n.[L. significans. See Signify. ] 1. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
2. Force; energy; power of impressing the mind; as a duty enjoined with particular significance.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. Many a circumstance of less significancy has been construed into an event act of high treason.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SIGNIFICANCE; SIGNIFICANCY

Sig *nif "i *cance, Sig *nif "i *can *cy, n. Etym: [L. significantia.]

 

1. The quality or state of being significant.

 

2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

 

3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. De Quincey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

significance

sig nif i cance |sigˈnifikəns sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns | ▶noun 1 the quality of being worthy of attention; importance: adolescent education was felt to be a social issue of some significance. 2 the meaning to be found in words or events: the significance of what was happening was clearer to me than to her. 3 (also statistical significance ) the extent to which a result deviates from that expected to arise simply from random variation or errors in sampling. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting unstated meaning ): from Old French, or from Latin significantia, from significare ‘indicate, portend. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

significance

sig ¦nifi |cance |sɪgˈnɪfɪk (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of being worthy of attention; importance: adolescent education was felt to be a social issue of some significance. 2 the meaning to be found in words or events: the significance of what was happening was clearer to me than to her. 3 (also statistical significance ) the extent to which a result deviates from that expected to arise simply from random variation or errors in sampling. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting unstated meaning ): from Old French, or from Latin significantia, from significare ‘indicate, portend ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

significance

significance noun 1 a matter of considerable significance: importance, import, consequence, seriousness, gravity, weight, magnitude, momentousness; formal moment. 2 the significance of his remarks: meaning, sense, signification, import, thrust, drift, gist, implication, message, essence, substance, point.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

significance

significance noun 1 tourism is of considerable significance in this area: importance, import, noteworthiness, consequence, substance, seriousness, gravity, weight, weightiness, magnitude, moment, momentousness; memorableness, unforgettableness, pronounced nature, remarkableness, outstanding nature, markedness, obviousness, conspicuousness, strikingness, distinction, impressiveness, uncommonness, unusualness, rarity, extraordinariness, exceptionalness, specialness; rare cruciality. ANTONYMS insignificance. 2 the significance of his remarks was not lost on Scott: meaning, sense, signification, import, thrust, drift, gist, burden, theme, implication, tenor, message, essence, substance, relevance, purport, intention, spirit, point.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

significance

sig nif i cance /sɪɡnɪ́fɪk (ə )ns / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) →signify 名詞 U (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) 1 ｟かたく ｠(単語 行動などの )意味 , 意義 ▸ She understood the true significance of marriage .彼女は結婚の真の意義を理解した 2 (将来にわたる ) «…に対する /…の » 重要性 (importance ) «for , to /of » ▸ the historical significance of the French Revolution フランス革命の歴史的重要性 ▸ be of great [little ] significance 大変重要である [たいして重要でない ]3 〘統計 〙有意性 ▸ statistical significance 統計上の有意性