Significant1. (a.) Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
2. (a.) Fitted or designed to signify or make known something having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
3. (n.) That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
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