the message that is intended or expressed or signified
"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"
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signification
Commonsense has given to words their ordinary signification, and commonsense is the genius of mankind. [ Guizot ]
Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue, - I mean good-nature, - are of daily use: they are the bread of mankind and staff of life. [ Dryden ]
Observe or Say? While the dictionaries authorize the common use of these words, it is in better taste to restrict the employment of observe to its primitive signification; namely, to notice. Hence such an expression as, What did you observe?
is objectionable, and should be, What did you say?
[ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]
significationin Scrabble®
The word signification is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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significationin Words With Friends™
The word signification is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
signification:
actions, agnosic, agonist, anionic, anoints, atonics, atoning, canting, cantons, casting, cations, coating, coining, confits, consign, contain, costing, facings, faction, faining, fasting, fiction, finings, gnostic, iconist, incants, infants, nations, niacins, nicosia, nonfact, nonfast, sifting, stannic, stoning
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