Definition of "significant" []

• Having or expressing a meaning; meaningful. (adjective)
• Having or expressing a covert meaning; suggestive: a significant glance. See Synonyms at expressive. (adjective)
• Having or likely to have a major effect; important: a significant change in the tax laws. (adjective)
• Fairly large in amount or quantity: significant casualties; no significant opposition. (adjective)
• Statistics Of or relating to observations or occurrences that are too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicate a systematic relationship. (adjective)

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• "The SEC's proposal asks questions about whether the SEC should define the term "significant error.""
• ""If the commission were to define the term significant error ... we believe it would effectively be substituting its judgment" for the credit-rating agencies, S&P President Deven Sharma said in the letter."
• "As I would soon learn, not only was the word significant here but its specific connection with lilies was important as well."