significant

sig·nif·i·cant  (sg-nf-knt)

adj.

1. Having or expressing a meaning; meaningful.

2. Having or expressing a covert meaning; suggestive: a significant glance. See Synonyms at expressive.

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

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

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

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[Latin significns, significant-, present participle of significre, to signify; see signify.]

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sig·nifi·cant·ly adv.

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significant [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt]

adj

1. having or expressing a meaning; indicative

2. having a covert or implied meaning; suggestive

3. important, notable, or momentous

4. (Mathematics & Measurements / 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

[from Latin significāre to signify]

significantly  adv

Thesaurus

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"

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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

Translations

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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