Significant

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having or expressing a meaning.
  • adjective. Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive.
  • adjective. Having or likely to have a major effect; important.
  • adjective. Fairly large in amount or quantity.
  • adjective. Of or relating to observations or occurrences that are too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicate a systematic relationship.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Signifying something; conveying a meaning; having a purport; expressive; implying some character, and not merely denotative: as, a significant word or sound.
  • Serving as a sign or indication; having a special or covert meaning; suggestive; meaning: as, a significant gesture; a significant look.
  • Important; notable; weighty; more strictly, important for what it indicates, but also, often, important in its consequences: opposed to insignificant: as, a significant event.
  • noun. That which is significant; a meaning, sign, or indication.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive.
  • adjective. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous.
  • adjective. the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. .
  • noun. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Signifying something; carrying meaning.
  • adjective. Having a covert or hidden meaning
  • adjective. Having a noticeable or major effect; notable
  • adjective. Reasonably large in number or amount
  • adjective. Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
  • noun. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
  • adjective. important in effect or meaning
  • adjective. fairly large
  • adjective. rich in significance or implication
  • Word Usage
    "The SEC's proposal asks questions about whether the SEC should define the term "significant error.""
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