significant

Bridgezipf 4.98

Pronunciation

/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/(sig-NIF-i-kunt)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

重要的；显著的（具有重要意义或产生明显影响的）

Definition

Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; having a particular meaning or implication.

Word family

  • significantly/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntlɪ/(adv)显著地
  • significance/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/(n)重要性
  • signify/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/(v)意味着

Collocations

  • significant impact
  • significant change
  • statistically significant
  • significant improvement
  • significant challenge
  • highly significant

Examples

  1. 1.There has been a significant increase in demand since the new product was launched three months ago.
  2. 2.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant — unlikely to have occurred by chance alone.

Synonyms

  • notable/ˈnəʊtəbəl/— worthy of attention
  • considerable/kənˈsɪdərəbəl/— large in size or amount
  • important/ɪmˈpɔːtənt/— of great significance

Etymology

from Latin "significans" = having meaning, present participle of "significare" (to mean)