significant

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective important in effect or meaning
adjective fairly large
adjective too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

Were the sounds somehow peculiar, significant? — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The sound was significant and haunting. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown
“Better not ask!” was the significant reply. — Cast Upon the Breakers, Horatio, Jr. Alger

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