signification
Example Sentences
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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
Very few platinum-level artists have legacies so oversaturated with signification as the rechristened Chicks’.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2020
I alluded to the "Princess Gertie" in my account of the mediumship of Bessie Fitzgerald, and said that my allusion would find its signification further on.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
