SIGNIFICANCE

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Traducere în limba română

significance substantiv

1. semnificaţie, sens, înţeles (al unui gest; al unei ceremonii etc.);

look of deep significance privire foarte semnificativă.

2. importanţă, însemnătate;

event of great significance eveniment de mare importanţă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"Well, Henry . . . " Bill stopped for a moment, in order that his words might gain greater significance.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

It was clearer than ever that she understood its full significance, but equally clear that we should have to wait some time for any assistance from her.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The three younger men looked happier at the moment as they seemed to realise the significance of her words; but Van Helsing and I, turning to each other, met each a grave and troubled glance.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Michaelis had seen this too but it hadn't occurred to him that there was any special significance in it. He believed that Mrs. Wilson had been running away from her husband, rather than trying to stop any particular car.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Good night." He smiled—and suddenly there seemed to be a pleasant significance in having been among the last to go, as if he had desired it all the time. "Good night, old sport. . . . Good night."

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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