signification
pronunciation
How to pronounce signification in British English:
UK [ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce signification in American English:
US [ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Word Origin
- signification (n.)
- early 14c., "symbolization, representation," from Old French significacion and directly from Latin significationem (nominative significatio) "a signifying, indication, expression, sign, token, meaning, emphasis," noun of action from past participle stem of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify). From late 14c. as "meaning" (of a word, etc.).
Example
- 1. The suppressed signification is ' I 'll do it for you because I love you ' .
- 2. In england this is still the usual signification of the term philosophy .
- 3. Hongkong return have a important historical signification .
- 4. Heavy industrial renaissance-the special signification of chinese northeast renaissance .
- 5. Barthes introduces the idea of different orders of signification .