significant

«significant» in Mova's school dictionary: Important; worth noticing — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (significant, more significant)

meaning for a pupil

1) Important; worth noticing. tree →

2) Large enough to matter: a significant amount. tree →

3) Having a special meaning: a significant look. tree →

4) (maths) Significant figures are the digits that matter in a number for rounding. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, rounding to significant figures: 4 586 to 2 significant figures is 4 600. In science, a significant result is one that is not just chance. In history, a significant event changed things. Phrases: significant figures, significant difference, significant other.

examples

• That was a significant day in history. tree →
• There was a significant drop in temperature. tree →
• Round 0.04567 to 2 significant figures. tree →
• She gave him a significant look. tree →
• We saw no significant difference between the plants. tree →
• A significant number of pupils walk to school. tree →
• ‘Here she broke off with a significant look, and mounting my enemy the unicorn, speedily disappeared. tree →

note

Adverb: significantly; noun: significance. Opposite: insignificant. Maths: in significant figures, the first non-zero digit is the first significant figure; zeros at the start do not count.

In the corpora

• "Significant other" means partner (polite, US).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «significant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.