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  • 21 significant

    sig·nifi·cant [sɪgʼnɪfɪkənt, Am ʼnɪfə-] adj
    1) ( considerable) beachtlich, bedeutend;
    ( important) bedeutsam;
    \significant contribution bedeutender Beitrag;
    \significant date/ event wichtiges Datum/Ereignis;
    \significant decrease beachtlicher Rückgang;
    \significant difference deutlicher Unterschied;
    \significant improvement beachtliche Verbesserung;
    \significant increase beträchtlicher Anstieg;
    \significant other ( fig) Partner(in) m(f); ( hum) bessere Hälfte ( hum) ( fam)
    \significant part beachtlicher [An]teil;
    to be historically \significant eine historisch bedeutende Rolle spielen
    2) ( meaningful) bedeutsam;
    do you think it's \significant that... glaubst du, es hat etwas zu bedeuten, dass...;
    a \significant look ein viel sagender Blick

    English-German students dictionary > significant

  • 22 significantly

    sig·nifi·cant·ly [sɪgʼnɪfɪkəntli, Am ʼnɪfə-] adv
    1) ( considerably) bedeutend, deutlich;
    it is not \significantly different da besteht kein wesentlicher Unterschied;
    \significantly better deutlich besser;
    \significantly cheaper bedeutend billiger;
    \significantly fewer wesentlich weniger;
    to not be \significantly lower kaum niedriger sein;
    \significantly more deutlich mehr;
    to differ \significantly sich akk deutlich unterscheiden;
    to improve \significantly sich akk deutlich verbessern
    2) ( in a meaningful way) bedeutungsvoll;
    to smile \significantly viel sagend lächeln

    English-German students dictionary > significantly

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  • meaningful — The journalist and literary critic Philip Howard wrote in 1978 that ‘ongoing situations and meaningful dialogues are two popular pieces of jargon…at present’, and they still are. Meaningful is essentially the opposite of meaningless, i.e. ‘having …   Modern English usage

  • meaningful — adj. Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of {meaningless}. [Narrower terms: {comprehensible, understandable}; {indicative …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • meaningful — index cognizable, coherent (clear), eloquent, pithy, sententious, suggestive (evocative) Bu …   Law dictionary

  • meaningful — 1827, from MEANING (Cf. meaning) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Meaningfully …   Etymology dictionary

  • meaningful — significant, pregnant, sententious, *expressive, eloquent Analogous words: important, consequential, momentous, weighty (see corresponding nouns at IMPORTANCE) Antonyms: meaningless …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • meaningful — [adj] significant allusive, big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant,… …   New thesaurus

  • meaningful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having meaning. 2) worthwhile. 3) expressive. DERIVATIVES meaningfully adverb meaningfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • meaningful — [mēn′iŋfəl] adj. full of meaning; having significance or purpose meaningfully adv. meaningfulness n …   English World dictionary

  • meaningful — mean|ing|ful [ˈmi:nıŋfəl] adj 1.) having a meaning that is easy to understand and makes sense ▪ Without more data we cannot make a meaningful comparison of the two systems. ▪ Teaching history to five year olds in a meaningful way can be very… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meaningful — [[t]mi͟ːnɪŋfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as meaningful, you mean that it is serious, important, or useful in some way. She believes these talks will be the start of a constructive and meaningful dialogue... He asked people to… …   English dictionary

  • meaningful — adjective 1 having a meaning that is easy to understand and makes sense: The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context | Standards must be specified in meaningful terms. 2 a meaningful look/glance/smile etc a look that clearly… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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