Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,738,254,926 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

significantly

   Also found in: Medical, Legal 0.03 sec.
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.

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

sig·nifi·cant·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.significantly - in a statistically significant way; "the two groups differed significantly"
2.significantly - in a significant manner; "our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts"
insignificantly - not to a significant degree or amount; "Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts"
3.significantly - in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself"

significantly
adverb
1. very much, greatly, hugely, vastly, notably, considerably, remarkably, enormously, immensely, tremendously, markedly, by much The number supporting him had increased significantly.
2. meaningfully, eloquently, expressively, knowingly, suggestively, in a telling manner She looked up at me significantly, raising an eyebrow.
Translations
significantly [sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntlɪ] ADV
1. (= considerably) (with adj) [higher, lower, better, reduced] → considerablemente; (with verb) [change, improve, reduce, increase] → de forma significativa, considerablemente
2. (= notably) significantly, most of them are Scottishes significativo que la mayoría sean escoceses
they have significantly different ideassus ideas son notablemente distintas
3. (= meaningfully) she looked at me significantlyme lanzó una mirada significativa or elocuente
significantly [sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli] adv
[improve, increase] → sensiblement
[smile] → d'un air entendu
(as sentence adverb) significantly, ... → fait significatif, ...
significantly
adv
(= considerably)bedeutend; it is not significantly differentdas ist kaum anders, da besteht kein wesentlicher Unterschied
(= meaningfully)bedeutungsvoll; lookvielsagend, bedeutsam; significantly, she refusedbezeichnenderweise lehnte sie ab; he was significantly absenter fehlte bezeichnenderweise
significantly [sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntlɪ] adv (smile) → in modo eloquente; (improve, increase) → considerevolmente
and, significantly, ... → e, fatto significativo, ...
significantly [sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntlɪ] adv (smile) → in modo eloquente; (improve, increase) → considerevolmente
and, significantly, ... → e, fatto significativo, ...


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in classic literature
 
A LION and a Boar, who were fighting for water at a pool, saw some vultures hovering significantly above them.
A moment later--it may have been an hour--the moon sailed into a patch of unclouded sky and the hunted man saw that visible embodiment of Law lift an arm and point significantly toward and beyond him.
"You'll probably see what she's like before we can get away," said Diana significantly.
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.