What does significant mean?
Definitions for significant
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntsig·nif·i·cant
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
Etymology: From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum, "sign", + ficare, "do" or "make", variant of facere.
significantadjective
Having a covert or hidden meaning
Etymology: From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum, "sign", + ficare, "do" or "make", variant of facere.
significantadjective
Having a noticeable or major effect; notable
That was a very significant step in the right direction.
Etymology: From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum, "sign", + ficare, "do" or "make", variant of facere.
significantadjective
Reasonably large in number or amount
Etymology: From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum, "sign", + ficare, "do" or "make", variant of facere.
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.
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
Etymology: [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.]
Significantadjective
deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event
Etymology: [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.]
Significantnoun
that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol
Etymology: [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.]
Freebase
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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Rank popularity for the word 'significant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #796
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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
Democratic governance and human rights deteriorated dramatically during the year as the result of a campaign of the Maduro administration to consolidate its power, the most significant human rights issues included extrajudicial killings by security forces, including government sponsored' colectivos' ; torture by security forces ; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions ; widespread arbitrary detentions ; and political prisoners.
The boost at six months is going to look very impressive and substantially greater than what has already been reported in terms of the two month boost, and that is significant because it, in my opinion, the boost should not be at two months, but it really should be at six months or later.
The fact that we celebrated a man who committed murder is going to jail, I thought about that last night and I’m not so sure if we’ve come a long way or we have a long way to go, you can think of that either way. But the right thing happened, obviously. So I was excited about that. Blacks have been dehumanized for a long time, and to see a man go to jail for killing a Black man should not be significant, but it is. So I guess in that way we’re coming a long way, but we still have a long way to go.
It's a significant day for survivors and victims of child sexual abuse particularly within the Catholic Church, because what it shows them is that they can come forward, that the courts will believe them and the perpetrators of the crimes against them will be convicted and sentenced and held accountable for what they did, regardless of the position of authority they hold.
There have been a lot of significant improvements made recently by the Chinese authorities to improve accessibility for global investors; however, some of them are relatively recent, so we need a little bit of time to assess the effectiveness of these measures.
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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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