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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sig•nif•i•cant /sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt/USA pronunciation adj. - important;
of consequence:a significant event in world history. - having a special, secret, or disguised meaning:She gave him a significant wink.
sig•nif•i•cant•ly, adv. See -sign-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sig•nif•i•cant (sig nif′i kənt),USA pronunciation adj. - important;
of consequence. - having or expressing a meaning;
indicative;
suggestive:a significant wink. - Statisticsof or pertaining to observations that are unlikely to occur by chance and that therefore indicate a systematic cause.
n. - something significant;
a sign.
- Latin significant- (stem of significāns), present participle of significāre to signify; see -ant
- 1570–80
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged consequential, momentous, weighty.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See expressive.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: significant /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ adj - having or expressing a meaning; indicative
- having a covert or implied meaning; suggestive
- important, notable, or momentous
- 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin significāre to signifysigˈnificantly adv |