{
    "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’."
}