significant
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum ("sign") + ficare ("do, make"), variant of facere.
Pronunciation Adjectivesignificant
- Signifying something; carrying meaning.
- Synonyms: meaningful
- a significant word or sound
- a significant look
- 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC ↗, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
- It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.
- Having a noticeable or major effect.
- Synonyms: notable
- That was a significant step in the right direction.
- The First World War was a significant event.
- Reasonably large in number or amount.
- Having a covert or hidden meaning.
- (statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
- (mathematics) Of a digit or figure, see significant figure.
Sense 1 (meaningful):
Antonyms Related terms Translations- Italian: significativo, eloquente
- Russian: зна́чимый
- Spanish: significativo
- French: significatif
- German: signifikant, bedeutend
- Italian: significativo, epocale, rimarchevole, notevole
- Portuguese: significativo
- Russian: значи́тельный
- Spanish: importante, significativo
- Italian: elevato, alto
- Russian: значи́тельный
- French: significatif
- Italian: significativo
- Russian: зна́чимый
- Spanish: significativo
significant (plural significants)
- That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene iv]:
- In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
- a. 1850, William Wordsworth, The Egyptian Maid:
- And in my glass significants there are
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