signification
Example Sentences
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Klemperer, Boulez said, seemed “much more interested in the signification of the form of music.”
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023
Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
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.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021
—The intended signification of this name, "aneroid," can of course be only determined by the person who conferred it; upon any less direct authority the derivation quoted from Mr. Dent's description can scarcely be received.
