signification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the message that is intended or expressed or signified
    import; meaning; significance.
    • 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

WordNet

Sig`ni*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
F. signification, L. significatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
    A signification of being pleased. Landor.
    All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another. South.
  2. That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.

Webster 1913