How do you pronounce significance?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/.

Where does significance come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

significance

/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: sig-nif-i-cance
IPA: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

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Meaning

noun

The extent to which something matters; importance

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Meaning.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial."
"As the nudities and mythologies of the sixteenth century lost something of their vogue, the draperies acquired greater significance in the general effect; and the impression of agitation was accentuated by exaggerated flutters of wide-flung expanses of carved stuffs."
"Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe."
"the significance of her gesture was unclear"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰeh₁-, significaunce, significance, significantia

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
British English: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

significances (plural)

Derived Forms

insignificance nonsignificance significs unsignificance

Phrases

act of independent significance Tukey's honest significance test Significance level Statistical significance

Frequently Paired Words

Significance level Statistical significance

Synonyms

import portent portentousness implication meaning signification

Rhymes With

insignificance