significative

[ sig-nif-i-key-tiv ]

/ sɪgˈnɪf ɪˌkeɪ tɪv /

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adjective

serving to signify.

significant; suggestive.

Nearby words

significant digits, significant figures, significant other, significant symbol, signification, significative, significs, signified, signifier, signifié, signify

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, -ate¹) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

sig·nif·i·ca·tive·ly, adverbsig·nif·i·ca·tive·ness, nounnon·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjectiveun·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for significative

Moreover, these offices of divine piety be moral, and significative of future glory.
Churches and Church Ornaments|William Durandus
Now the whole Chinese language consists in reality of about four hundred words, or significative sounds, all monosyllabic.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I|Friedrich Max Mller
That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.
The Lone Ranche|Captain Mayne Reid
He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
The Allen House|T. S. Arthur

To which the Count replied, by the word Speranza, accompanied by a clasp of the hand and a significative glance.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for significative

significative

/ (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv) /

adjective

(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic

another word for significant

Derived Forms

significatively, adverbsignificativeness, noun

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