{
    "term": "significance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the importance of something, especially when this has an effect on what happens in the future",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a decision of major political significance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new drug has great significance for the treatment of the disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They discussed the **statistical significance** of the results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should be fully aware of the significance of television in shaping our ideas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let us not attach too much significance to these meetings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scientists are cautious about the wider significance of their findings."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "cosmic", "deep"],
                "verb + significance": ["have", "acquire", "assume"],
                "significance + verb": ["lie in something", "attach to something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "significance for",
                    "significance to",
                    "of significance"
                ],
                "phrases": ["be of little, no, etc. significance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the meaning of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She couldn't grasp the full significance of what he had said."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do these symbols have any particular significance?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ceremony has great symbolic significance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a meal that has particular significance for a Jewish family"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They failed to appreciate the true significance of these discoveries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly his son's relationship with the girl took on a new significance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The significance of this lies in the fact that he had previously denied all knowledge of the fund."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "cosmic", "deep"],
                "verb + significance": ["have", "acquire", "assume"],
                "significance + verb": ["lie in something", "attach to something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "significance for",
                    "significance to",
                    "of significance"
                ],
                "phrases": ["be of little, no, etc. significance"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/",
                "audio": "si/significance/significance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/",
                "audio": "si/significance/significance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting unstated meaning): from Old French, or from Latin significantia, from significare ‘indicate, portend’."
}