What does significant mean?
Definitions for significant
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntsig·nif·i·cant
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word significant.
Princeton's WordNet
significant, importantadjective
important in effect or meaning
"a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
significant, substantialadjective
fairly large
"won by a substantial margin"
significantadjective
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"
meaning(a), pregnant, significantadjective
rich in significance or implication
"a meaning look"
Wiktionary
significantadjective
Signifying something; carrying meaning.
significantadjective
Having a covert or hidden meaning
significantadjective
Having a noticeable or major effect; notable
That was a very significant step in the right direction.
significantadjective
Reasonably large in number or amount
significantadjective
Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
Etymology: From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum, "sign", + ficare, "do" or "make", variant of facere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SIGNIFICANTadjective
Etymology: signifiant, Fr. significans, Latin.
Since you are tongue-ty’d, and so loth to speak,
In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. William Shakespeare, H. VI.It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. Walter Raleigh.
Whereas it may be objected, that to add to religious duties such rites and ceremonies as are significant, is to institute new sacraments. Richard Hooker.
Common life is full of this kind of significant expressions, by knocking, beckoning, frowning, and pointing; and dumb persons are sagacious in the use of them. William Holder, on Speech.
The Romans joined both devices, to make the emblem the more significant; as, indeed, they could not too much extol the learning and military virtues of this emperor. Addison.
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significant
Significant generally refers to something that carries importance, meaning, or relevance. It can indicate a notable or noteworthy occurrence or event that has a notable impact or influence. The term can also be used to describe data, statistics, or findings that are statistically meaningful or have implications for a particular study or research. Additionally, significant can refer to a person or thing that holds significance due to their prestige, influence, or accomplishments.
Webster Dictionary
Significantadjective
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
Significantadjective
deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event
Significantnoun
that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol
Etymology: [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.]
Wikidata
Significant
A term applied to differences, correlations, cause-and-effect relationships, etc., to indicate that they are noticeable, probably too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation: substantial, fairly large; also having consequence or import, important in effect or meaning. In statistics significant ordinarily indicates a probability of not less than 95 percent, while highly significant indicates a probability of not less than 99 percent.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'significant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #796
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'significant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1665
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'significant' in Adjectives Frequency: #96
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of significant in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of significant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of significant in a Sentence
I would argue when you are in a time of emergency and government is making significant decisions, that is actually the time that you most need transparency to know what decisions are being made and why they are being made.
These are significant streams of cash flow to these companies, it's not trivial for them to say 'OK we'll just do this ourselves.'.
It's hard to get to $ 6, before we get there, we would have significant demand destruction, not only here, but around the world.
If we had not passed Dodd-Frank, you would have had significant set of collapses of financial institutions making things worse, people would lose money and the system would shut down.
We used to have about a hundred customers every day, but we’ve had none for more than a dozen days since the lockdown, the impact on our business is significant, but I can go shopping once every few days in supermarkets and there are enough supplies there.
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- هامArabic
- ва́жны, зна́чныBelarusian
- significatiuCatalan, Valencian
- významnýCzech
- bedeutend, signifikantGerman
- significativo, importanteSpanish
- قابل توجهPersian
- merkityksellinen, merkittäväFinnish
- significatif, importantFrench
- महत्वपूर्णHindi
- szignifikáns, jelentősHungarian
- էականArmenian
- significanteInterlingua
- pentingIndonesian
- rimarchevole, epocale, eloquente, significativoItalian
- 重要, 著しいJapanese
- მნიშვნელოვანიGeorgian
- 상당하다Korean
- giring, watedarKurdish
- ponderōsus, significānsLatin
- redzams, ievērojams, nozīmīgsLatvian
- betekenisvol, veelbetekenend, voelbaar, waarneembaar, beduidend, significantDutch
- znaczny, znaczącyPolish
- significativoPortuguese
- important, semnificant, semnificativRomanian
- значительный, значительноеRussian
- signifikant, betydande, betydelsefulltSwedish
- குறிப்பிடத்தக்கTamil
- มีนัยสำคัญThai
- manalı, kayda değer, anlamlı, önemliTurkish
- اہمUrdu
- quan trọngVietnamese
- 重大Chinese
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