how to pronounce significance
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/
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the above transcription of significance is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.
significance is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of significance in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… cryengine sand afraid to use the significance corn on the power and secure …”
meaning of significance
Significance means the quality or importance of something.
significance frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR
the word significance occurs in english on average 46.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics significance can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that significance can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) leisure and entertainment;
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