English pronunciation · Words Starting with S
Significance Pronunciation
Significance is pronounced suhg-NI-fi-kuhns, IPA /səgˈnɪfɪkəns/.
suhg-NI-fi-kuhns
US /səgˈnɪfɪkəns/ · UK /sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns/
Syllables: suhg · NI · fi · kuhns (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The importance or meaning that something carries.
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Significance in a Sentence
- Nobody grasped the significance of the date.
- The find is of real significance to archaeologists.
- She attached no significance to the delay.
Common Mispronunciations of Significance
Not sig-ni-fi-KANS
NI holds the beat, the second of four, and nothing later competes with it.
Not sig-NI-fi-kuhnts
Close on a soft ns rather than an nts. The t belongs to significant, not to this noun.
Tip: Four beats, suhg-NI-fi-kuhns, and the g is hard as in signal.
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