🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

importancia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: importancia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Significance/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El descubrimiento tiene una gran importancia científica."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

    "The discovery of the new vaccine is of great significance to modern medicine."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'significantia', stemming from 'significare' (to signify, indicate), combining 'signum' (sign) and 'facere' (to make). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, the term evolved from indicating a symbolic meaning to encompassing broader notions of importance and statistical relevance.

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