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English adjective: significant | |||
| 1. | significant important in effect or meaning | ||
| Samples | A significant change in tax laws. A significant change in the Constitution. A significant contribution. Significant details. Statistically significant. | ||
| Synonyms | important | ||
| Similar | earthshaking, epoch-making, epochal, evidential, evidentiary, fundamental, large, momentous, monumental, noteworthy, operative, portentous, probative, probatory, prodigious, profound, remarkable, world-shaking, world-shattering | ||
| See also | important, meaningful, of import | ||
| Attribute | significance | ||
| Antonyms | unimportant, insignificant | ||
| 2. | significant fairly large | ||
| Samples | Won by a substantial margin. | ||
| Synonyms | substantial | ||
| Similar | considerable | ||
| Antonyms | inconsiderable | ||
| 3. | significant too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation | ||
| Samples | The interaction effect is significant at the .01 level. No significant difference was found. | ||
| Domain category | statistics | ||
| Antonyms | nonsignificant | ||
| 4. | significant rich in significance or implication | ||
| Samples | A meaning look. | ||
| Synonyms | meaning, pregnant | ||
| Similar | meaningful | ||
| Antonyms | meaningless, nonmeaningful | ||
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