significative
AmericanOther Word Forms
- nonsignificative adjective
- significatively adverb
- significativeness noun
- unsignificative adjective
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; signify, -ate 1 ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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The second class may be termed significative, being imposed to distinguish their bearers from others by some quality.
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Beside the very significative absence of real violence, the persistent effort you made to hide facts accuses you.
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"I have it from very good authority," replied Cloten, with a significative wink of the eye towards that part of the room where Emily was standing in conversation with Helen.
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Experience, as memory and literature rehearse it, remains nearer to us than that: it is something dreamful, passionate, dramatic, and significative.
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These also are no less frequent and significative.
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