Definitions

significancy

[sig-nif-i-kuhn-see] / sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kən si /

NOUN

idea

Synonyms

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abstraction aim approximation belief clue concept conception conclusion conviction design doctrine end essence estimate fancy feeling flash form guess hint hypothesis import impression inkling intention interpretation intimation judgment meaning notion object objective opinion pattern perception plan point purport purpose reason scheme sense significance solution suggestion suspicion teaching theory thought understanding view viewpoint

NOUN

meaning

Synonyms

WEAK

acceptation allusion bearing bottom line connotation content context definition denotation drift effect essence explanation force gist heart hint implication import intent interpretation intimation meat message name of the game nature of beast nitty-gritty nuance nuts and bolts pith point purport sense significance signification spirit stuff subject subject matter substance suggestion symbolization tenor thrust understanding upshot use value worth

NOUN

importance

Synonyms

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accent attention bearing caliber concern concernment consequence denotation distinction drift effect emphasis force gist gravity import influence interest materiality moment momentousness notability paramountcy point precedence preponderance preponderancy priority purport relevance sense seriousness significance signification standing stress substance tenor usefulness value weight weightiness

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Sonship to God has this significancy here also, as is shown by what immediately follows, where, in explanation of it, the promise of indestructible love is connected with it.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

What is added in the Scripture narration of one of these latter cases will illustrate the significancy of this mode of investiture.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles

I had had a touch of real, actual practice, and could already understand and appreciate many suggestions which had heretofore been of doubtful significancy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various

What possible significancy would Dr. Davidson attach to the circumstance?

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William

Does not this last circumstance bear with unanswerable weight and significancy, upon my position; and prove, beyond the possibility of doubt or peradventure, that the Aborigines of America, emigrated from Japan?

From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.

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