significance

1. The quality of being significant (synset 105177340)
   "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
   tells us about:

   • important, significant - important in effect or meaning
   • insignificant, unimportant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force
   is a type of: importance - the quality of being important and worthy of note
   subtypes:

   • historicalness - significance owing to its history
   • meaningfulness - the quality of having great value or significance
   • consequence, import, moment - having important effects or influence
2. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred (synset 105929385)
   "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
   is a type of: meaning, substance - the idea that is intended
   same as: implication, import
3. The message that is intended or expressed or signified (synset 106613680)
   "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
   is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
   subtypes:

   • lexical meaning - the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express
   • grammatical meaning - the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form
   • symbolisation, symbolization - the use of symbols to convey meaning
   • sense, signified - the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
   • connotation, intension - what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
   • referent - something referred to; the object of a reference
   • burden, core, effect, essence, gist - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   • intent, purport, spirit - the intended meaning of a communication
   • lesson, moral - the significance of a story or event
   • nicety, nuance, refinement, shade, subtlety - a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
   • overtone - (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
   • point - a brief version of the essential meaning of something
   same as: import, meaning, signification

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