signification
/ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
signification noun: the act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
Noun
signification (countable and uncountable, plural significations)
- The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
- Evidence for the existence of something.
- A meaning of a word.
signification meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog
signification in Tamil
- signification, meaning
- அர்த்தம் arttam
signification in Urdu
- اہمیت, مفہوم, مراد
signification in Tagalog
- act of signifying or something that is signified
- kabuluhan
Examples of signification in a sentence
- In addition to its arithmetic significations, “cancel” is often used to describe the breaking of vows or covenants.
- The correct signification is given by Elliot, Col.
- In the course of these researches, he has clearly seen that psychoanalytic views have equally a religious and a criteriologic signification.
Forms of signification
| plural | significations |
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Origin of signification
From Old French significacion, from Latin significātiō.
Words formed from signification
Questions about signification
- What does signification mean?
- Signification means the act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
- What is signification in Tamil?
- Signification in Tamil is அர்த்தம் (arttam). See Signification meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is signification?
- Signification is a noun.
- How do you pronounce signification?
- Signification is pronounced /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of signification?
- The plural of signification is significations.
Words near signification in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: signification (page history and authors); அர்த்தம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); signification (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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