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significative

[ sig-nif-i-key-tiv ]
/ sɪgˈnɪf ɪˌkeɪ tɪv /
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adjective

serving to signify.
significant; suggestive.

Words related to significative

intriguing, redolent, symbolic, reminiscent, evocative, expressive, latent, tacit, implicit, unspoken, lurking, hidden, indirect, suggested, intended, indicated, involved, inferred, occult, understood

Words nearby significative

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

OTHER WORDS FROM significative

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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British Dictionary definitions for significative

significative
/ (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv) /

adjective

(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic
another word for significant

Derived forms of significative

significatively, adverbsignificativeness, noun
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