Definitions for significant

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significant sig·nif·i·cant

Spelling: [sig-nif-i-kuh nt]

IPA: /sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt/

Significant is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 360 anagrams from letters in significant (acfgiiinnst).

Definitions for significant

adjective

1. important; of consequence.
2. having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive:
3. Statistics. of or relating to observations that are unlikely to occur by chance and that therefore indicate a systematic cause.

noun

1. something significant; a sign.

Origin of significant

1570-80; Latin significant- (stem of significāns), present participle of significāre to signify; see -ant

Examples for significant

Mrs. Pendarves went to see it, and her criticisms are significant for the taste of the time.

"You do not know but it may be a friend," was his significant answer.

This “Sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.

The town, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, is so significant to ISIS that the group calls it Ayn al-Islam.

This essay is quite as significant for what it has not said as for what it has said.

Its most significant details were of a sordid kind, familiar to poverty.

It was the first significant violence directed toward police after weeks of demonstrations across the city.

The Peace Mark was only one of the significant ways in which Indians painted their faces.

There would, then, likely be significant police resistance to this measure.

And in either case, “the significant benefit from allowing Wi-Fi hotspots outweighs these concerns.”