significance

significance
n
1. consequence, moment, matter, interest, consideration, concern, Archaic. concernment, significancy; account, value, materiality; priority, precedence, press, urgency, emergentness; gravity, graveness, seriousness, solemnity; importance, weight, weightiness, heaviness, substance, size; eminence, prominence, distinction, high standing, standing, rank, high rank or position, elevation; influence, sway, power, powerfulness, force; note, notability, mark; merit, worth, high caliber.
2. import, purport, signification; portent, implication, intimation, underlying meaning; meaning, sense, content, gist, essence, main idea, sum and substance, core, pith; drift, vein, tenor, theme, idea, thought, spirit; moral, lesson, message, point, intent, intention, purpose, objective, aim, goal.

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