significance

• "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

• "the significance of his remark became clear only later"
• "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

Synonyms

• importbring in from abroad ; transfer (electronic data) into a database or document ; indicate or signify; commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country ; an imported person brought from a foreign country; the message that is intended or expressed or signified; a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; having important effects or influence
• implicationsomething that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection ; a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

• "what is the meaning of this sentence"
• "the significance of a red traffic light"
• "the signification of Chinese characters"
• "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

Synonyms

• meaningrich in significance or implication; the message that is intended or expressed or signified; the idea that is intended
• significationthe message that is intended or expressed or signified
• importbring in from abroad ; transfer (electronic data) into a database or document ; indicate or signify; commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country ; an imported person brought from a foreign country; the message that is intended or expressed or signified; a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; having important effects or influence