ETYM Latin denotatio: cf. French dénotation.
The supposedly literal meaning of a word, as opposed to connotaion; generally agreed upon meanings, such as those found in a dicitonary.

ETYM French importance. Related to Important.
1. A prominent status; SYN. grandness.
2. The quality of being important and worthy of note.

ETYM Old Fren. interest, French intéręt, from Latin interest it interests, is of interest, from interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. Late Lat. interesse usury. Related to Essence.
1. A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; SYN. involvement.
2. The power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); SYN. interestingness.
3. A right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; SYN. stake.
4. A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed.
5. (Usually plural) A social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; SYN. interest group. + prikaži više

1. The idea that is intended; SYN. sense, substance.
2. The message that is intended or expressed; SYN. significance, signification, import.
What is meant by words or things. In the philosophy of language, there are various theories about the meaning of words and sentences; for example, that a meaningful proposition must be possible to check (verifiability). When things (or life itself) have meaning, it is because we understand them (“Clouds mean rain”) or they have significance (“This ring means a lot to me”).
Perhaps the most influential theory of meaning is German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's use theory, which states that the meaning of a word or expression is to be found in its use. For Wittgenstein, the meaning of a word or sentence is not subjective and private but public, because it requires social conventions for its use. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin prominentia: cf. French prominence. Related to Prominent.
1. Relative importance.
2. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
Bright cloud of gas projecting from the Sun into space 100,000 km/60,000 mi or more. Quiescent prominences last for months, and are held in place by magnetic fields in the Sun’s corona. Surge prominences shoot gas into space at speeds of 1,000 kps/600 mps.
Loop prominences are gases falling back to the Sun’s surface after a solar flare. + prikaži više

Relevance; also; something relevant

ETYM Latin significantia.
1. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; SYN. import, implication.
2. The quality of being significant.

ETYM French signification, Latin significatio.
1. The act of signifying or meaning.
2. Meaning.

ETYM Old Eng. weght, wight, as. gewiht; akin to Dutch gewigt, German gewicht, Icel. vaett, Swed. vigt, Dan. vaegt. Related to Weigh.
The force exerted on an object by gravity. The weight of an object depends on its mass—the amount of material in it—and the strength of the Earth's gravitational pull, which decreases with height. Consequently, an object weighs less at the top of a mountain than at sea level. On the Moon, an object has only one-sixth of its weight on Earth, because the pull of the Moon's gravity is one-sixth that of the Earth.
(Homonym: wait).
1. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity.
2. The relative importance granted to something.
3. An oppressive feeling of heavy force.
4. An object that is heavy.
5. Equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; SYN. exercising weight.
6. (Statistics) A coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance; SYN. weighting. + prikaži više