profound significance

collocation in English

meaningsofprofoundandsignificance

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profound
adjective
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/prəˈfaʊnd/us
/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofprofoundandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One has only to think of the contemporaneous rise of instrumental notation to realise theprofoundsignificanceof the changes.
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Thus, indirect tests of sulphur deposition involving the solar missions do not have the sameprofoundsignificanceas do the direct biogeochemical results that we have suggested.
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Theprofoundsignificanceis that life could develop to higher level and thrive in a warm liquid water environment slightly below the surface ice in the meteorite fracture zones.
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And this situation, again, is new and ofprofoundsignificanceto the world.
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The other point which occurred to me is of moreprofoundsignificance.
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It has noprofoundsignificanceother than that of trying to catch up with inflation.
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It is a privilege for me to be engaged in this issue, which we all know to be of suchprofoundsignificanceto future generations.
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It is a political commitment ofprofoundsignificance, covering economics and also political dialogue with a parliamentary dimension, and shared values at the core.
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Above all, however, the value of the small business lies in the way it stimulates innovation, a matter ofprofoundsignificancefor our future.
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I think that is a fact of veryprofoundsignificance.
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Almost our whole effort was directed to war purposes, and that had a twofold andprofoundsignificance.
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They have the mostprofoundsignificancefor many of the people who appear before the tribunals.
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This is an ominous development ofprofoundsignificance.
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These two factors are factors which have the mostprofoundsignificancein our life to-day.
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It is an event of very great interest and ofprofoundsignificance.
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Although it is a matter ofprofoundsignificance, it has not been exposed in anything like the light that it deserves.
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There is this sum of £13 million, and it is quite clear that that is ofprofoundsignificanceto these territories.
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Is not this something ofprofoundsignificanceon which one should seize to make sure that this should happen?
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Some who are more regular contributors to our debates also make speeches ofprofoundsignificanceand importance.
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That surely is a change ofprofoundsignificance.
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