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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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
The "Alpha" and "Omega" of Revelation contain profound evolutionary truths, significative of spirit and of matter, or God unmanifested and manifested.
From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Hence the possible number of words is extremely small, and the number of significative sounds in the Chinese language is said to be no more than 450.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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
As long as in these sesquipedalian compounds, the significative root remains distinct, they belong to the agglutinative stage; as soon as it is absorbed by the terminations, they belong to the inflectional stage.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
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