Sound and signification, form and function, are inseparable in the life of language.
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Signification
/ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "signification" (115 found)
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Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (35)
disclosuredrifteffectessenceexplanationexpressionextensionfingeringfixingforcegistgrammatical meaninghintideaidentificationimpactimplicationimportindicationindicativeness
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intendmentintensionintentlexical meaningliteral meaningmagnitudemanifestationmattermeaningmessagemoment
Adjective(2 words)
icelandic meinalexical item meaning
Noun(2 words)
Related words (57)
momentousnessnamingovertonepertinencepicking outpinning downpithpointpointingpointing outpointing topractical consequenceprecisionpurportrange of meaningreal meaningreferencereferentrelationrelevance
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scopeselectionsemantic clustersemantic fieldsenseshowshowingsignificancesignificancysignificatumsignifiesignifyingspan of meaningspecificationspiritstipulationstructural meaningsubstancesuggestionsumsum and substancesymbolic meaningsymptomaticnesstenortotality of associationstransferred meaningunadorned meaningunderstandingundertonevalueweightweightiness
Noun(5 words)
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5 entriescultural significationlinguistic significationsemantic significationsignification processsignification system
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