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# significant

adjective (significant, more significant)

«significant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Important; worth noticing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significant/#m1)
2. Large enough to matter: a significant amount. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significant/#m2)
3. Having a special meaning: a significant look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significant/#m3)
4. (maths) Significant figures are the digits that matter in a number for rounding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significant/#m4)

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

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.

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «significant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«significant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/significant.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «significant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/significant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«significant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/significant.html) on Mova free.