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significant
What does significant mean?
significant (adjective): important in effect or meaning.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use significant in a sentence?
- A significant change in tax laws. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- A significant contribution. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce significant?
/səɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does significant come from?
From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of significant?
What are antonyms of significant?
Words related to significant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “significant”?
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What does “significant” mean?
arousing or provoking laughter
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contemptibly narrow in outlook
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important in effect or meaning
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liable to or capable of change
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different
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available
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beautiful
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important
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