significance
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(noun) the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" |
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Related Words: consequence, historicalness, import, importance, meaningfulness, moment |
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Antonyms: insignificance |
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(noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
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Synonyms: implication, import |
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Related Words: meaning, sense, substance |
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(noun) the message that is intended or expressed |
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Synonyms: import, meaning, signification |
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Related Words: burden, connotation, content, core, effect, essence, gist, grammatical meaning, intension, intent, lesson, lexical meaning, message, moral, nicety, nuance, overtone, point, purport, referent, refinement, sense, shade, spirit, subject matter, substance, subtlety, symbolization |
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