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# significant

«significant» in Mova's judaism 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#m1)

2) Large enough to matter: a significant amount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#m2)

3) Having a special meaning: a significant look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#m3)

4) (maths) Significant figures are the digits that matter in a number for rounding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x1)
- There was a significant drop in temperature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x2)
- Round 0.04567 to 2 significant figures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x3)
- She gave him a significant look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x4)
- We saw no significant difference between the plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x5)
- A significant number of pupils walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x6)
- ‘Here she broke off with a significant look, and mounting my enemy the unicorn, speedily disappeared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/#x7)

### 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).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «significant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.