significance
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/ nom B1En français : importance, signification
- The extent to which something matters; importance · As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.
- Meaning. · the significance of her gesture was unclear
Pluriel significances
Dans la bibliothèque
On a quiet countryside, where all gossip is welcome, this weakness of the lady of the Manor House did not pass without remark, and it bulked larger upon people’s memory when the events arose which gave it a very special significance.
No doubt you see the significance of this discovery of mine?”
Watson here knows more about my methods than you do, but I fear that even he has not quite grasped the significance of this sentence.”
“I was wondering what could be the significance of this purse, with the paper at one end and the large diamond at the other.”
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