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signification

[sig-nuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌsɪg nə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /




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Klemperer, Boulez said, seemed “much more interested in the signification of the form of music.”

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022

Census Bureau recorded signification population loss from its 2000 to 2020 counts.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2021

She dropped him a mock courtesy, and held out her hand in token of amity, when the full signification of what she had said rushed into her mind and flooded her face with crimson.

From The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Weyman, Stanley John