significative
Americanadjective
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(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic
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another word for significant
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of significative
1350–1400; Middle English (< Old French significatif, significative ) < Late Latin significātīvus denoting, equivalent to Latin significāt ( us ) (past participle of significāre to make a sign; see signify, -ate 1) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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This quarrel between Mérode and Goyon is significative.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de
The Smiths, Bakers, and Hunters of Occidental society are not a whit more significative than are many prominent names of the Orient.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas
That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
Experience, as memory and literature rehearse it, remains nearer to us than that: it is something dreamful, passionate, dramatic, and significative.
From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George
Nor are the little curves, thus significative of trees, laid on at random.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
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