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signification

/ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

signification noun: the act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.

Noun

signification (countable and uncountable, plural significations)

  1. The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
  2. Evidence for the existence of something.
  3. 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.

All 12 example sentences with signification

Forms of signification

pluralsignifications

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

  1. significantly othered
  2. significantness
  3. significants
  4. significate
  5. significates
  6. signification
  7. significations
  8. significative
  9. significatively
  10. significativeness
  11. significativities

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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