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

Adjective

1. very important

2. having or expressing a meaning

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, notable, serious, material, vital, critical, considerable, momentous, weighty, noteworthy << OPPOSITE insignificant

adjective 2. meaningful, expressive, eloquent, knowing, meaning, expressing, pregnant, indicative, suggestive << OPPOSITE meaningless

Translations

significant [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj → significativo; trascendente;

it is significant that ... → es significativo que ...

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significant [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj → significatif/ive (= important); important(e) → considérable

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significant [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] significance adj → bedeutend, wichtig;

(look, smile) → vielsagend, bedeutsam;

it is significant that ... significance → es ist bezeichnend, dass ...

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significant [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj [improvement, amount] → notevole; [discovery, event] → importante; [evidence, smile] → significativo/a;

it is significant that ... → è significativo che ...