significance

importancia, trascendencia

El valor que tiene algo por lo mucho que importa o influye en personas o acontecimientos.

En inglés sencillo: How much something matters or affects people or events.

• This date has special significance.
• Nobody realized the significance of the discovery at first.
• The building has great historical significance.

Cómo se usa: significance of something (We understand the significance of this discovery.); of significance to someone/something (The result is of significance to everyone in the town.)

Sinónimos: importance, weight

Antónimos: insignificance

Expresiones frecuentes: great significance, historical significance, significance of something

significado, sentido

Lo que expresa o da a entender una palabra, una acción, una señal o un acontecimiento.

En inglés sencillo: The meaning of a word, action, sign, or event, including what it suggests.

• What is the significance of this symbol?
• She missed the significance of his smile.
• His silence had a significance that only she understood.

Cómo se usa: significance of something (What is the significance of that gesture?)

Sinónimos: meaning, sense

Expresiones frecuentes: hidden significance, significance of something, symbolic significance