• (British, America) IPA: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

significance

1. The extent to which something matters; importance

   As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

2. Meaning.

   the significance of a gesture

• French: importance (1), signification (2)
• German: Bedeutung, Signifikanz (1)
• Italian: significanza, significatività
• Portuguese: significância
• Russian: значе́ние
• Spanish: significado, significación, calado

• French: signification
• German: Bedeutung
• Portuguese: significado
• Russian: значе́ние
• Spanish: significado