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significance

noun
  1. The quality or state of being important: concern, concernment, consequence, import, importance, moment, significancy, weight, weightiness. See important
  2. That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, purport, sense, significancy, signification, value. See meaning
  3. The gist of a specific action or situation: idea, import, meaning, point, purport, significancy. See meaning

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