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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

/ ˌɪɡɪɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. something that is signified; meaning or sense
  2. the act of signifying
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Other yvlog Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of signification1

1250–1300; Middle English significacion (< Old French signification, significaciun ) < Latin Ծھپō- (stem of Ծھپō ) signal, emphasis, meaning, equivalent to Ծھ ( us ), past participle of Ծھ to signify ( -ate 1 ) + -ō- -ion
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Klemperer, Boulez said, seemed “much more interested in the signification of the form of music.”

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“If you keep for a signification amount of time capacity that you don’t use, you put yourself in trouble. That’s what experience shows. So you need to continually adjust your capacity to your needs.”

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The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification.

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A National Security Council spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the U.S. “will send a signification amount of additional doses to Haiti soon,” but further details were not immediately available.

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Homeless people and those who were sick or older make up a signification portion of the death toll.

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