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significant
/sig-ni-fi-kənt/
 
adj.
 
1.
Def.: impurtanti
MS: impurtanti
Something significant is important.
In the Philippines, a man's twenty-first birthday is a significant birthday.
Kayi te Pilipinas ka igka daruwan pulù wey sabekan tuig te lukes su amanan impurtanti.
 
adj.
 
2.
Def.: due nateil ne igpasabut
MS: due igpasabut
Something significant has a particular meaning.
The decorations on a soldier's clothes are significant, because they show his position in the army.
Sem.Dom.: AWL1
 
 
insignificant
 
adj.
not significant.
 
 
significance
/sig-ni-fi-kənss/
 
n-uc.
Def.: pegkaimputanti
MS: pegkaimputanti
the state of being significant (sense 1).
 
n-uc.
Def.: igpasabut
MS: igpasabut
the meaning of something.
What is the significance of the flags there: what do they mean?
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Last updated: 18/Jan/2012