significance
The extent to which something matters; importance
Example
“As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.”
Related words
- insignificance
- nonsignificance
- significs
- unsignificance
- act of independent significance
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "significantia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “significance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.