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  1. adjective Having or expressing a meaning; meaningful.
  2. adjective Having or expressing a covert meaning; suggestive: a significant glance. See Synonyms at expressive.
  3. adjective Having or likely to have a major effect; important: a significant change in the tax laws.
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  • Management doesn't view the current weakness in China as a significant issue but as an opportunity for Cogo to consolidate and enhance its position with industry to pave the way for long-term growth.
  • Management tends to view the weakness in China as a significant issue but there is the opportunity for Cogo to consolidate and enhance its position in the industry to pave the way for the long-term growth.
  • However, we have identified three phenomena that have contributed to neofunctionalization being erroneously identified as a significant factor in protein interaction network evolution. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • But without a buyout, property owners could still face the prospect of walking away from what most of them describe as a significant investment. —  The Daily News - News
  • Traffic pollution was identified as a significant problem —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
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  1. Latin significāns, significant-, present participle of significāre, to signify; see signify.

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  1. =Old French *signifiant =Spanish Portuguese Italian significante, from Latin significan (t-)s, present participle of significare, show by signs, indicate, signify: see signify.
 

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