lasting significance

collocation in English

meaningsoflastingandsignificance

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lasting
adjective
uk
/ˈlɑː.stɪŋ/us
/ˈlæs.tɪŋ/
continuing to exist for a long time or ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition oflastingandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am inclined to think that on the whole the amount of publicity they have received exceeds their importance of theirlastingsignificance.
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The paper containing the proposal was a working document of nolastingsignificance.
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I believe that we should not underestimate the very deep andlastingsignificanceof the move which we have made.
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Those were steps of considerable andlastingsignificance.
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Much of the volume of what is produced in television is seen to be of littlelastingsignificance.
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Of morelastingsignificancelast year was the very strong performance of our invisible earnings.
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The reforms of the past six years have produced changes oflastingsignificance.
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Certainly they are not oflastingsignificance.
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Berzelius began his career as a physician but his researches in physical chemistry were oflastingsignificancein the development of the subject.
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In 1999 a newsmaker of the century was chosen in place of a newsmaker of the year, with candidates having to meet the standard oflastingsignificance.
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