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{
"term": "significant",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "large or important enough to have an effect or to be noticed",
"sensetop": "it is significant that…",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are no **significant differences** between the two groups of students."
},
{
"text": "Your work has shown a **significant improvement**."
},
{
"text": "a **significant increase/decrease/reduction/loss**"
},
{
"text": "a **significant amount/number/part/portion**"
},
{
"text": "**significant change/progress**"
},
{
"text": "The results of the experiment are not **statistically significant**."
},
{
"text": "These views are held by a significant proportion of the population."
},
{
"text": "The 1992 reform made very **significant contributions** to the development of many rural areas."
},
{
"text": "The drug has had no **significant effect** on stopping the spread of the disease."
},
{
"text": "Asthma has a **significant impact** on the life and well-being of children affected by this disease."
},
{
"text": "The offender was assessed as posing a significant risk to others."
},
{
"text": "It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.",
"contextForm": "it is significant that…"
},
{
"text": "What makes this discovery significant is that it goes against our theory."
},
{
"text": "There was a significant correlation between students' efficacy levels and students' interest levels in the three tasks."
},
{
"text": "The size of the garden was a significant factor in her decision to buy the house."
},
{
"text": "He played a significant role in helping his team to victory."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having a particular meaning",
"sensetop": "it is significant that…significant to/for somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The fact that her remarks were leaked to the media in advance is **highly significant**."
},
{
"text": "It is significant that he changed his will only days before his death.",
"contextForm": "it is significant that…"
},
{
"text": "This year's event is **particularly significant** as it takes place on the centenary of his birth."
},
{
"text": "rituals which are deeply significant to Christians",
"contextForm": "significant to/for somebody"
},
{
"text": "November 16th will always be an especially significant day for us, thanks to the birth of our second grandchild."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having a special or secret meaning that is not understood by everyone",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **significant look/smile**"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/",
"audio": "si/significant/significant__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/",
"audio": "si/significant/significant__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in sense (2)): from Latin significant- ‘indicating’, from the verb significare ‘indicate, portend’, from signum ‘token’."
}