"significance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-significance.ogg [US] Forms: significances [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|significaunce|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English significaunce, {{inh+|en|enm|significaunce}} Inherited from Middle English significaunce, {{der|en|frm|significance}} Middle French significance, {{der|en|fro|significance}} Old French significance, {{der|en|la|significantia}} Latin significantia, {{doublet|en|signifiance}} Doublet of signifiance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)
  1. The extent to which something matters; importance Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (extent to which something matters): مَعْنَى (maʕnā) (Arabic), նշանակություն (nšanakutʿyun) (Armenian), әһәмиәт (əhəmiət) (Bashkir), значение (značenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 重要性 (zhòngyàoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), význam [masculine] (Czech), betydning (Danish), betekenis (Dutch), belang [feminine] (Dutch), importantie [feminine] (Dutch), merkitys (Finnish), tärkeys (Finnish), importance (alt: 1) [feminine] (French), signification (alt: 2) [feminine] (French), significación [feminine] (Galician), Bedeutung [feminine] (German), Signifikanz (alt: 1) [feminine] (German), jelentőség (Hungarian), fontosság (Hungarian), tábhacht [feminine] (Irish), significanza [feminine] (Italian), significatività (Italian), importanza (Italian), 重要性 (jūyōsei) (Japanese), សារៈសំខាន់ (sarsaamkhan) (Khmer), 중요성 (jung'yoseong) (Korean), зна́чење (znáčenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ва́жност (vážnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), പ്രാധാന്യം (prādhānyaṁ) (Malayalam), significância [feminine] (Portuguese), semnificanță [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), importanță [feminine] (Romanian), semnificativitate [feminine] (Romanian), значе́ние (značénije) [neuter] (Russian), brìgh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ciall [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), cudthrom [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), znáčēnje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), znȁčāj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vážnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), significado [masculine] (Spanish), significación (Spanish), calado (Spanish), importancia [feminine] (Spanish), betydelse (Swedish), vikt [common-gender] (Swedish), signifikans [common-gender] (Swedish), ความสำคัญ (kwaam-sǎm-kan) (Thai), önem (Turkish), pwysigrwydd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-significance-en-noun-NdH32g74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'extent to which something matters': 96 4
  2. Meaning. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (meaning): իմաստ (imast) (Armenian), смисъл (smisǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), significat [masculine] (Catalan), 意味 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 意味 (ji³ mei⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 意味 (yìwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 意義 (Chinese Mandarin), 意义 (yìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), betydning (Danish), betekenis [feminine] (Dutch), signifo (Esperanto), tarkoitus (Finnish), signification [feminine] (French), Bedeutung [feminine] (German), νόημα (nóima) [neuter] (Greek), jelentés (Hungarian), értelem (Hungarian), 意義 (igi) (alt: いぎ) (Japanese), 意味 (imi) (alt: いみ) (Japanese), 의미 (uimi) (alt: 意味) (Korean), сми́сла (smísla) [feminine] (Macedonian), signifiaunce (Middle English), significaunce (Middle English), significado [masculine] (Portuguese), значе́ние (značénije) [neuter] (Russian), смысл (smysl) [masculine] (Russian), brìgh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), significado [masculine] (Spanish), betydelse [common-gender] (Swedish), ความหมาย (kwaam-mǎai) (Thai), ārth (Tocharian B), anlam (Turkish), mana (Turkish), ý nghĩa (alt: 意義) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-significance-en-noun-ecFVvHFb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'meaning': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: act of independent significance, Tukey's honest significance test Related terms: Significance level [statistics, mathematics, sciences], Statistical significance

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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "значе́ние"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
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          "word": "brìgh"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ciall"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cudthrom"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "znáčēnje"
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        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vážnōst"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
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          "word": "significado"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "word": "significación"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "word": "calado"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "importancia"
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          "sense": "extent to which something matters",
          "word": "betydelse"
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          "word": "vikt"
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "ji³ mei⁶",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhòngyàoxìng",
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      "word": "重要性"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "betekenis"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
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      "word": "importance"
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      "alt": "2",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "alt": "1",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "fontosság"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tábhacht"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "significanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "significatività"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "importanza"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "重要性"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "សារៈសំខាន់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jung'yoseong",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "중요성"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "prādhānyaṁ",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "പ്രാധാന്യം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "significância"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
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      "word": "semnificanță"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "importanță"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "semnificativitate"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "значе́ние"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brìgh"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ciall"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cudthrom"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "znáčēnje"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "znȁčāj"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vážnōst"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "significado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "significación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "calado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "importancia"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "betydelse"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "signifikans"
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "kwaam-sǎm-kan",
      "sense": "extent to which something matters",
      "word": "ความสำคัญ"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "իմաստ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "smisǎl",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "смисъл"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "meaning",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "ji³ mei⁶",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "意味"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "意味"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "meaning",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "meaning",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "betydning"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "signifo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "tarkoitus"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "signification"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bedeutung"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nóima",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "νόημα"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "jelentés"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "értelem"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "igi",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "意義"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "imi",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "意味"
    },
    {
      "alt": "意味",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uimi",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "의미"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smísla",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сми́сла"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "signifiaunce"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "significaunce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "significado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "značénije",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "значе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smysl",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "смысл"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brìgh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "significado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "betydelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-mǎai",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "ความหมาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "ārth"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "anlam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "mana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "意義",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "ý nghĩa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "significance"
  ],
  "word": "significance"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: French: importance (fr) f (1), signification (fr) f (2)",
  "path": [
    "significance"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "significance",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: German: Bedeutung (de) f, Signifikanz (de) f (1)",
  "path": [
    "significance"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "significance",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ì-bī vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "significance"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "significance",
  "trace": ""
}

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