Significant
adjective
Having a big effect or importance.
Everyone was surprised by the significant change in his attitude.
Often appears as...
- significant change
- significant difference
adjective
Easy to notice or understand.
There's a significant difference between the two sets of data.
Often appears as...
- significant increase
- significant decrease
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Describes something that has a special or hidden meaning.
Her significant glance at him suggested that he should follow her.
Often appears as...
- significant glance
- significant gesture
adjective
Having a big effect or importance.
Everyone was surprised by the significant change in his attitude.
Often appears as...
- significant change
- significant difference
adjective
Easy to notice or understand.
There's a significant difference between the two sets of data.
Often appears as...
- significant increase
- significant decrease
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Describes something that has a special or hidden meaning.
Her significant glance at him suggested that he should follow her.
Often appears as...
- significant glance
- significant gesture
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Impact Level
Use 'significant' to express a strong influence or considerable importance in many contexts.
The CEO's decision had a significant impact on the company's direction.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Significant' can refer to both positive and negative outcomes.
The storm had a significant effect on the small village.
Pro Tip 3/3Surprising Changes
Use it when an event or change is unexpected and worth noting.
His resignation was significant, few had anticipated it.
Pro Tip 1/3Impact Level
Use 'significant' to express a strong influence or considerable importance in many contexts.
The CEO's decision had a significant impact on the company's direction.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Significant' can refer to both positive and negative outcomes.
The storm had a significant effect on the small village.
Pro Tip 3/3Surprising Changes
Use it when an event or change is unexpected and worth noting.
His resignation was significant, few had anticipated it.
Pro Tip 1/3Impact Level
Use 'significant' to express a strong influence or considerable importance in many contexts.
The CEO's decision had a significant impact on the company's direction.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Significant' can refer to both positive and negative outcomes.
The storm had a significant effect on the small village.
Pro Tip 3/3Surprising Changes
Use it when an event or change is unexpected and worth noting.
His resignation was significant, few had anticipated it.
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How a wound heals itself...
But because the skin does not fully recover, scarring continues to be a major clinical issue for doctors around the world. And even though researchers have made significant strides in understanding the healing process, many fundamental mysteries remain unresolved. For instance, do fibroblast cells arrive from the blood vessels
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How to spot a misleading...
can cause massive ecological disruption. This is why the second graph, which show the average temperature variation each year, is far more significant. When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media,
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Expanding our definition...
will really start to make significant shifts shifts in outcome I think several things are happening already you know we were hearing earlier from Susan about Gandhi and Gandhi's other great dictum was be the change you want to see in the world and my case for all of this is
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The psychology of...
What makes these trait a true personality disorder is that they take over people's lives and cause significant problems. Imagine that instead of caring for your spouse or children, you used them as a source of attention or admiration. Or imagine that instead of seeking
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Bill Gates: The next...
and we'd have millions and millions of deaths. These investments offer significant benefits beyond just being ready for the epidemic. The primary healthcare, the R&D, those things would reduce global health equity and make the world more just as well as more safe.
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Your body language may...
I see you. So I want you to pay attention to what you're doing right now. We're going to come back to that in a few minutes, and I'm hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds.
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
their striking patches may help them stay cool it was found that underneath each darkened patch they had sweat glands but the size of these glands were significantly larger suggesting that indeed their skin plays a vital part in
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Debunking the myths of...
People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress.
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History through the eyes...
Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries. At some point in your life, you've probably eaten a potato. Delicious, for sure, but the fact is potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history
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Origins of the Universe...
the radiation era's last two stages, the protons and neutrons underwent a significant change. They fused and created nuclei. And in doing so, they created the first chemical element in the universe, helium.
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How a wound heals itself...
But because the skin does not fully recover, scarring continues to be a major clinical issue for doctors around the world. And even though researchers have made significant strides in understanding the healing process, many fundamental mysteries remain unresolved. For instance, do fibroblast cells arrive from the blood vessels
Video examples
How to spot a misleading...
can cause massive ecological disruption. This is why the second graph, which show the average temperature variation each year, is far more significant. When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media,
Video examples
Expanding our definition...
will really start to make significant shifts shifts in outcome I think several things are happening already you know we were hearing earlier from Susan about Gandhi and Gandhi's other great dictum was be the change you want to see in the world and my case for all of this is
Video examples
The psychology of...
What makes these trait a true personality disorder is that they take over people's lives and cause significant problems. Imagine that instead of caring for your spouse or children, you used them as a source of attention or admiration. Or imagine that instead of seeking
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
and we'd have millions and millions of deaths. These investments offer significant benefits beyond just being ready for the epidemic. The primary healthcare, the R&D, those things would reduce global health equity and make the world more just as well as more safe.
Video examples
Your body language may...
I see you. So I want you to pay attention to what you're doing right now. We're going to come back to that in a few minutes, and I'm hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds.
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
their striking patches may help them stay cool it was found that underneath each darkened patch they had sweat glands but the size of these glands were significantly larger suggesting that indeed their skin plays a vital part in
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress.
Video examples
History through the eyes...
Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries. At some point in your life, you've probably eaten a potato. Delicious, for sure, but the fact is potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history
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Origins of the Universe...
the radiation era's last two stages, the protons and neutrons underwent a significant change. They fused and created nuclei. And in doing so, they created the first chemical element in the universe, helium.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
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James Boswell
Scottish Lawyer
What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!
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Simon Sinek
English Author
To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
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James Boswell
Scottish Lawyer
What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!
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