"signification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-signification.wav [Southern-England] Forms: significations [plural]
Etymology: From Old French significacion, from Latin significātiō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|significacion}} Old French significacion, {{uder|en|la|significātiō}} Latin significātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} signification (countable and uncountable, plural significations)
  1. The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of signifying or something that is signified): 賦義 /赋义 (fùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), белгілеу (belgilew) (Kazakh), обозначе́ние (oboznačénije) [neuter] (Russian), kabuluhan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-signification-en-noun-tA9kjYoC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 31 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 23 26 4 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 26 4 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of 'act of signifying or something that is signified': 97 1 2
  2. Evidence for the existence of something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-signification-en-noun-t8HW8cBy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 31 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 23 26 4 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 26 4 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 34 29 37
  3. A meaning of a word. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (meaning of a word): значе́ние (značénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-signification-en-noun-r0I35969 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 31 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 23 26 4 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 26 4 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of 'meaning of a word': 6 1 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adsignification, consignification, foresignification, nonsignification, oversignification, plurisignification, presignification, resignification

Inflected forms

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