Definition of signification Signification
sig•ni•fi•ca•tion
We found 7 definitions of signification from 4 different sources.
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What does signification mean?
WordNet
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| signification - 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" | ||
| meaning, significance, import | ||
| subject matter, message, content, substance a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message" | ||
| lexical meaning the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express | ||
| grammatical meaning the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form | ||
| symbolisation, symbolization the use of symbols to convey meaning | ||
| signified, sense the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" | ||
| intension, connotation what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | ||
| referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term | ||
| gist, burden, essence, effect, core an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" | ||
| intent, purport, spirit the intended meaning of a communication | ||
| moral, lesson the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" | ||
| nuance, nicety, subtlety, refinement, shade a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" | ||
| overtone a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | ||
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Wiktionary 
- signification (Noun)
The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance. - signification (Noun)
Evidence for the existence of something. - signification (Noun)
A meaning of a word.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- signification (n.)
The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means. - signification (n.)
That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.
Part of speech
🔤- signification, noun, singular of significations.
