signification

Example Sentences

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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

A National Security Council spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the U.S. “will send a signification amount of additional doses to Haiti soon,” but further details were not immediately available.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Very few platinum-level artists have legacies so oversaturated with signification as the rechristened Chicks’.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020

Cælius Rhodiginus when busied in his interpretation of Pliny, could only find the proper signification of the word ectrapali in his slumbers.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)