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1. (adj.) significant
important; of consequence.
2. significant
having or expressing a meaning.
3. significant
having a special, secret, or disguised meaning:
a significant wink.
4. (n.) significant
something significant; a sign.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L significant-, s. of significāns, prp. of significāre to signify ; see -ant)
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| Definition of 'significant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) significant, important
important in effect or meaning
"a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
2. (adj) significant, substantial
fairly large
"won by a substantial margin"
3. (adj) significant
too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
"the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
4. (adj) meaning(a), pregnant, significant
rich in significance or implication
"a meaning look"
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1. (adjective) significant
having importance and meaning
a significant improvement in her condition; Do you think it's significant that he didn't call?
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| Definition of 'significant' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) significant
fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look
2. (adj) significant
deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event
3. (noun) significant
that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol
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Sense: important; having an important effect
a significant event/development.
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 Afrikaans: belangrik |
 Arabic: مُهِم، هام، خَطير |
 Bulgarian: важен |
 Brazilian: significativo |
 Czech: významný |
 German: bedeutsam |
 Danish: vigtig |
 Greek: σημαντικός |
 Spanish: significativo, importante |
 Estonian: tähtis |
 Farsi: مهم |
 Finnish: merkittävä |
 French: important |
 Hebrew: חָשוּב |
 Hindi: महत्वपूर्ण |
 Croatian: važan |
 Hungarian: jelentős, lényeges |
 Indonesian: penting |
 Icelandic: þÿðingarmikill; mikilvægu |
 Italian: significativo, importante |
 Japanese: 重要な |
 Korean: 중요한 |
 Lithuanian: reikšmingas, svarbus |
 Latvian: svarīgs; nozīmīgs |
 Malay: penting |
 Dutch: veelbetekenend |
 Norwegian: viktig, betydelig |
 Polish: znaczący, znamienny |
 Persian: مهم |
 Pashto: معنى لرونكى، مهم، دپام وړ |
 Portuguese: significativo |
 Romanian: semnificativ |
 Russian: знаменательный; важный |
 Slovak: dôležitý |
 Slovenian: pomemben |
 Serbian: značajan |
 Swedish: viktig, betydelsefull |
 Thai: ซึ่งมีความหมาย |
 Turkish: anlamlı, önemli |
 Taiwanese: 重要的，有重大影響的 |
 Ukrainian: значний; важливий |
 Urdu: اہم |
 Vietnamese: có ý nghĩa |
 Chinese: 重要的，有重大意义的 |
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