Significant Sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt Highly Statistically Discovery Results Experiment Differences

• a highly significant discovery
• the results of the experiment are not statistically significant.
• there are no significant differences between the two groups of students.
• your work has shown a significant improvement.

significant

1. large or important enough to have an effect or to be noticed
• compare insignificant
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• a highly significant discovery
• The results of the experiment are not statistically significant.
• There are no significant differences between the two groups of students.
• Your work has shown a significant improvement.
• These views are held by a significant proportion of the population.
• It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
• The drug has had no significant effect on stopping the spread of the disease.
2. having a particular meaning
• It is significant that he changed his will only days before his death.
3. having a special or secret meaning that is not understood by everyone
• synonym meaningful
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/meaningful
• a significant look/smile

Extra Examples

• These differences are not statistically significant.
• This development proved highly significant for the whole town.
• What makes this discovery significant is that it goes against our theory.
• rituals which are deeply significant to Christians
• It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
• The results of the experiment are not statistically significant.
• This is a highly significant discovery.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (in sense (2)): from Latin significant- ‘indicating’, from the verb significare ‘indicate, portend’, from signum ‘token’.