significant
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Adjective (4)
- important in effect or meaning“a significant change in tax laws”“a significant change in the Constitution”“a significant contribution”“significant details”“statistically significant”Synonyms: importantSimilar noteworthy, earthshaking, portentous, large, fundamental, evidential, momentous, monumental +3 moreRelates to significanceSee also important, meaningful
- of considerable importance, size, or worth“won by a substantial margin”Synonyms: substantialOpposite inconsiderableSimilar considerable
- 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”Opposite nonsignificant
- rich in significance or implication“a meaning look”“a significant silence”Synonyms: meaningpregnantOpposite meaninglessSimilar meaningful
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Translations
Adjective having noticeable effect
- Spanish
- significativo
- French
- significatif
- German
- signifikant
- Italian
- significativo
- Portuguese
- significativo
- Turkish
- önemli
- Russian
- значи́тельный značítelʹnyj
- Arabic
- هَامّ hāmm
- Chinese
- 重要 zhòngyào
- Dutch
- significant
17 more languages
- Polish
- znaczny
- Swedish
- signifikant
- Vietnamese
- quan trọng
- Hungarian
- jelentős
- Portuguese (PT)
- significativo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 重要 zhòngyào
- Catalan
- significatiu
- Czech
- důležitý
- Danish
- signifikant
- Esperanto
- signifa
- Finnish
- merkityksellinen
- Georgian
- მნიშვნელოვანი mnišvnelovani
- Hebrew
- משמעותי mashma'uti
- Romanian
- semnificativ
- Serbo-Croatian
- značajan
- Slovak
- významný
- Slovenian
- pomemben
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.
1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known something having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.— Sir Walter Raleigh
2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
Significant figures Arith., the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of.0025, are 25.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. William Wordsworth
In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54