English noun: signification | |||
1. | signification (communication) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | ||
Samples | What is the meaning of this sentence. The significance of a red traffic light. The signification of Chinese characters. The import of his announcement was ambiguous. | ||
Synonyms | import, meaning, significance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burden, connotation, core, effect, essence, gist, grammatical meaning, intension, intent, lesson, lexical meaning, moral, nicety, nuance, overtone, point, purport, referent, refinement, sense, shade, signified, spirit, subtlety, symbolisation, symbolization | ||