significations

noun

plural of signification
as in meanings
the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action we should assume that the author is using the word in its ordinary signification

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Recent Examples of significations Both artists draw from their Renaissance references to take up the significations of light, mass, and scale. — Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
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  1. meanings
  2. senses
  3. contents
  4. significances
  5. intentions
Noun
  • Carlson’s essay offers a deeper look at the elaborate symbolic language surrounding 22, A Million, including the meanings behind the album’s unusual song titles and iconography.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The terms adjourned and continued are similar but have distinct meanings.
    — Michael Ruiz , Kayleigh McEnany , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of meanings
Noun
  • One senses that this line is for the reader, not the ex-boyfriend, who has disappeared for some 200 pages.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike our other senses, smell has a direct line to our brain’s emotion and memory centers.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of senses
Noun
  • Files are end-to-end encrypted on your device before they’re uploaded using zero-knowledge encryption, which means Internxt can’t read, access, or share their contents.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In her address to the court, the lawyer for housekeeper Maria Avila revealed the contents of the unpublished order.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of contents
Noun
  • Factors In Kenya’s Sovereign Credit Rating Rise There are usually multiple significances to a credit rating action.
    — Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of significances
Noun
  • And Jeremy is the handsome cipher, the seemingly long-suffering dreamboat of a husband who may or may not be harboring more ominous intentions.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • These consumer intentions were revealed as the retail industry readies for a holiday shopping season marked by more intense holiday promotions as shoppers seek discounts as a way to offset inflationary prices.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of intentions

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“Significations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significations. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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