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  • 21significant other — significant oth·er əth ər n a person who is important to one s well being esp a spouse or one in a similar relationship …

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  • 22significant other — significant others …

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  • 23significant — *expressive, meaningful, pregnant, eloquent, sententious Analogous words: cogent, telling, convincing, compelling, *valid, sound: forcible, forceful, *powerful: important, momentous, weighty (see corresponding nouns at IMPORTANCE) …

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  • 24significant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) extensive or important enough to merit attention. 2) having an unstated meaning; indicative of something. DERIVATIVES significantly adverb …

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  • 25significant figure — ► NOUN Mathematics ▪ each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy …

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  • 26significant other — ☆ significant other n. 1. a person having importance in, or influence on, another s life 2. a person with whom one has an intimate, often long term and usually sexual, relationship …

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  • 27significant bit — (computing) The bit with the greatest (or lowest) place value in a computer data word ● signify …

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  • 28Significant figures — The significant figures (also called significant digits) of a number are those digits that carry meaning contributing to its precision. This includes all digits except: leading and trailing zeros where they serve merely as placeholders to… …

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  • 29Significant Other — This article is about the Limp Bizkit album. For the social term for an intimate relationship, see significant other. Significant Other Studio album by …

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  • 30significant — 01. I have noticed a [significant] improvement in Teddy s attitude since you had a talk with him. 02. I wonder what the [significance] of the snake is on the Mexican flag. 03. Mahatma Gandhi once said that whatever one does will be… …

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