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sig·nif·i·cant

(sĭg-nĭf′ĭ-kənt)

adj.

a. Having or expressing a meaning: Are the markings on the stone significant?

b. Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive: a significant glance.

2. Having or likely to have a major effect; important: a significant change in the tax laws.

3. Fairly large in amount or quantity: significant casualties; no significant opposition.

4. Statistics Of or relating to observations or occurrences that are too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicate a systematic relationship.

[Latin significāns, significant-, present participle of significāre, to signify; see signify.]

sig·nif′i·cant·ly adv.

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significant

(sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt)

adj

1. having or expressing a meaning; indicative

2. having a covert or implied meaning; suggestive

3. important, notable, or momentous

4. (Statistics) statistics of or relating to a difference between a result derived from a hypothesis and its observed value that is too large to be attributed to chance and that therefore tends to refute the hypothesis

[C16: from Latin significāre to signify]

sigˈnificantly adv

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sig•nif•i•cant

(sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt)

adj.

1. important; of consequence.

2. having or expressing a meaning.

3. having a special, secret, or disguised meaning: a significant wink.

4. something significant; a sign.

[1570–80; < Latin significant-, s. of significāns, present participle of significāre to signify; see -ant]

sig•nif′i•cant•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	significant - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" important important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" meaningful - having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause" unimportant, insignificant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force
	2.	significant - fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" substantial considerable - large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"
	3.	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" statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters nonsignificant - attributable to chance
	4.	significant - rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" meaning, pregnant meaningful - having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"

significant

adjective

1. important, marked, notable, striking, serious, material, vital, critical, considerable, impressive, pronounced, conspicuous, momentous, weighty, noteworthy It is the first drug that seems to have a significant effect on this disease.
important insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, irrelevant, petty, trivial, worthless, paltry, immaterial, nit-picking, of no consequence, nugatory

2. meaningful, expressive, eloquent, knowing, telling, meaning, expressing, pregnant, indicative, suggestive The old woman gave her a significant glance.
meaningful meaningless

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significant

adjective

1. Effectively conveying meaning, feeling, or mood:

eloquent, expressive, meaning, meaningful.

2. Conveying hidden or unexpressed meaning:

meaningful, pregnant, suggestive.

3. Having great significance:

big, consequential, considerable, historic, important, large, material, meaningful, monumental, substantial.

Translations

ذو مَغْزىكَبير، هاممُهِم، هام، خَطيرهامّ

významnýpodstatný

vigtigsigende

signifikant bedeutsam Belang wichtig auffallend

βαρυσήμαντος

significativo elocuente expresivo importante

merkittävä

significatif considérable grave imposant majeur

značajan

jelentõs

òÿîingarmikill; mikilvægur

significativo espressivo importante

重要な

중요한

значительный многозначительный

pomemben

betydelsefull

ซึ่งสำคัญ

önemlianlamlıbelirgin

rất quan trọng

意味深长的有意义的有重大意义的相当大的重大的

significant

[sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] ADJ

1. (= important) [number, event, achievement, part, development] → importante; [effect, amount, improvement, sum of money, victory] → considerable; [contribution, reduction, increase] → significativo, considerable; [difference] → significativo; [change] → importante, considerable; [factor, impact, step] → significativo, importante
it is significant that → es significativo que ...
Japan has made significant progress in reducing pollution → Japón ha dado un gran paso adelante en la reducción de la contaminación
significant other (= partner) → pareja f

2. (= meaningful) [look, gesture, tone of voice] → significativo, elocuente
could this be significant of a change of heart? → ¿podría esto suponer un cambio de idea?

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significant

[sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj

(= appreciable) [number, amount, effect, improvement, difference] → significatif/ive

(= important) [fact, factor, change] → important(e)

(= meaningful) [look, gesture] → significatif/ive
it is significant that ... → il est significatif que ...

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significant

adj

(= considerable, having consequence) → bedeutend; (= important) → wichtig; is it of any significant interest? → ist das von wesentlichem Interesse?; to be significant to or for something → eine bedeutende or wichtige Rolle in etw (dat) → spielen; statistically significant → statistisch signifikant or bedeutsam; politically/historically significant → politisch/historisch bedeutend

(= meaningful) → bedeutungsvoll; look → vielsagend, bedeutsam; sigh, tone of voice → bedeutungsvoll, bedeutsam; it is significant that … → es ist bezeichnend, dass …; he wondered whether her glance was significant → er fragte sich, ob ihr Blick etwas zu bedeuten habe; to be significant of something (liter) → ein (An)zeichen nt → für etw sein

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significant

[sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj (discovery, change, event) → importante; (increase, improvement, amount) → notevole; (evidence) → significativo/a; (look, smile) → eloquente
it is significant that ... → è significativo che...

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signify

(ˈsignifai) verb

1. to be a sign of; to mean. His frown signified disapproval.

2. to show; to make known by a sign, gesture etc. He signified his approval with a nod.

significance (sigˈnifikəns) noun

meaning or importance. a matter of great significance.

significant (sigˈnifikənt) adjective

1. important; having an important effect. a significant event/development.

2. having a special meaning; meaningful. a significant look/smile.

3. considerable; marked. There was no significant change in the patient's condition; There was a significant drop in the number of road accidents last year.

significantly (sigˈnifikəntli) adverb

1. in a significant manner. He patted his pocket significantly.

2. to an important degree. Sales-levels are significantly lower than last year, which is very disappointing.

significant

→ هامّ významný vigtig bedeutsam βαρυσήμαντος significativo merkittävä significatif značajan significativo 重要な 중요한 aanzienlijk viktig znaczący significante значительный betydelsefull ซึ่งสำคัญ önemli rất quan trọng 相当大的

sig·nif·i·cant

a. importante, significativo-a.

significant

adj significativo; — other (ant) pareja, compañero -ra mf or pareja sentimental

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A Connecting word is a non-significant sound, which neither causes nor hinders the union of many sounds into one significant sound; it may be placed at either end or in the middle of a sentence.

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With this significant remark the Supreme Gobbler left him, and thenceforward the Pious Person dreamed of himself as white meat and dark until rudely awakened by decapitation.

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And so, after having composed, struck out, rejected, added to, unmade, and remade a multitude of names out of his memory and fancy, he decided upon calling him Rocinante, a name, to his thinking, lofty, sonorous, and significant of his condition as a hack before he became what he now was, the first and foremost of all the hacks in the world.

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He was usually cold and distant with men, but with all women he had a silent, grave familiarity, a special handshake, accompanied by a significant, deliberate look.

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He waited until the place had become absolutely silent and expectant, then he delivered his deadliest shot; delivered it with ice-cold seriousness and deliberation, with a significant emphasis upon the closing words: he said he believed that the reward offered for the lost knife was humbug and bunkum, and that its owner would know where to find it whenever he should have occasion TO ASSASSINATE SOMEBODY.

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Notwithstanding his rather condescending attitude towards patriotism he had been adopted as the national poet, and seemed since the war of seventy to be one of the most significant glories of national unity.

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The characters of 'Silas Marner,' for example, never had an actual existence, and the precise incidents of the story never took place in just that order and fashion, but they were all constructed by the author's imagination out of what she had observed of many real persons and events, and so make, in the most significant sense, a true picture of life.

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A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul.

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Over all was that air of abandonment and decay which seems nowhere so fit and significant as in a village of the forgotten dead.

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Indeed, a love for any one of these significant writers will be enough, not to speak of an admiration for "Aucassin and Nicolete."

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"Boris, come here," said she with a sly and significant look.

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The right hemisphere, "dedicated to the ladies," encloses smaller seas, whose significant names contain every incident of a feminine existence.