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significant
adjective as in telling, meaningful
adjective as in important, critical
Example Sentences
Fire crews are tackling a "significant" blaze which started at a factory and has spread to nearby buildings at an industrial estate near Livingston, West Lothian.
Close noted that Sellers has shown significant improvement, particularly in her ability to drive and score efficiently in transition.
What is significant to Um about this specific Southeast Asian curriculum is the conscious centering of community voices.
They hear evidence, take expert testimony, are presented with alternative views and then, more often than not, come to significant consensus, often on issues where politicians have repeatedly failed.
And while the immediate consequence of England's super Saturday is a significant step towards their first away series victory in two years, perhaps the lasting memory will be another milestone in Bethell's dizzying rise.
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What are other ways to say significant?
The adjectives significant and meaningful, when describing forms of expression, imply an underlying and unexpressed thought whose existence is plainly shown although its precise nature is left to conjecture. Significant suggests conveying important or hidden meaning: On hearing this statement, he gave the officers a significant glance. Meaningful implies a secret and intimate understanding between the persons involved: Meaningful looks passed between them. Expressive suggests conveying, or being capable of conveying, a thought, intention, emotion, etc., in an effective or vivid manner: an expressive gesture. Suggestive implies an indirect or covert conveying of a meaning, sometimes mentally stimulating, sometimes verging on impropriety or indecency: a suggestive story or remark.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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