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1 ( substantial) [amount, influence, impact, increase, saving] considérable ;2 ( important) [event, aspect, role, victory] important ; statistically significant statistiquement important ;3 ( meaningful) [gesture] éloquent ; [name, figure] significatif/-ive ; [phrase] lourd de sens ; it is significant that il est significatif que (+ subj). -
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significant [sɪg'nɪfɪkənt](a) (notable → change, amount, damage) important, considérable; (→ discovery, idea, event) de grande portée;∎ no significant progress has been made aucun progrès notable n'a été réalisé;∎ was anything significant decided at the meeting? s'est-il décidé quelque chose d'important à la réunion?(b) (meaningful, indicative → look, pause) significatif;∎ the government has made a small but significant gesture le gouvernement a fait un geste petit mais significatif(c) (in statistics) significatif►► Mathematics significant digits, significant figures chiffres mpl significatifs;significant other partenaire mf (dans une relation affective); Psychology = personne dont on se sent très procheUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > significant
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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
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meaningful — [mēn′iŋfəl] adj. full of meaning; having significance or purpose meaningfully adv. meaningfulness n … English World dictionary
Meaningful life — A meaningful life is a broad term encompassing a varied number of definitions having to do with the pursuit of life satisfaction. Meaning can be defined as the connection linking two presumably independent entities together (Baumeister Vohs,… … Wikipedia
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