great significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandsignificance
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofgreatandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is no doubt that this volume is ofgreatsignificancefor those interested in the syntax of free word order.
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Ofgreatsignificancehere is that third parties were not necessarily trusted for their ability to be effective in settling disputes.
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It is ofgreatsignificanceto develop a new source for broadening the genetic basis of semi-dwarfism.
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This relationship is potentially ofgreatsignificancesince it implies that countries can 'grow out' of environmental problems.
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Documentary records havegreatsignificancewithin the policy arena.
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This result, ofgreatsignificancefor conservation, has two possible (and compatible) explanations.
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Linguistic deprivation is a less easily noticed condition, but one nevertheless ofgreatsignificance.
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Ofgreatsignificancefor those new to the field there is an entire chapter on how to carry out studies in seed germination ecology.
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The dissolution was ofgreatsignificancein closing down the hospitals and a number of schools.
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These mathematical procedures were doubtless ofgreatsignificancefor his success.
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Yet there was another component to the debate, an aesthetic concern ofgreatsignificance.
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In particular, the dispersion of tobacco production and itsgreatsignificancefor domestic markets underscore the challenges of controlling smugglers and illegal producers.
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It presents a consequentialist challenge to recent virtue ethics, but its positive views - and especially its interesting examples - havegreatsignificancein their own right.
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In a sense this fact has nogreatsignificance.
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In this changing environment the book under review takes ongreatsignificance.
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The latter principle was to become ofgreatsignificancein the efforts to overcome some of the limitations of a purely additive architecture.
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There is virtually no overlap between the two books, yet each raises questions that are ofgreatsignificancefor the other.
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Laughter appeared to holdgreatsignificancefor him.
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