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Definitions: Significantly |
SignificantlyAdverb1. In a statistically significant way; "the two groups differed significantly". 2. In a significant manner; "our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts". 3. In an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "significantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonym: SignificantlySynonym: importantly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: insignificantly (adv). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Dad, I don't want to upset you, but my left breast is developing at a significantly faster rate that my right. (My Girl; writing credit: Laurice Elehwany. Starring Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss, Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto, Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett, and Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss.) Being thrown out of a place like this is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony. (Victor/Victoria; writing credit: Blake Edwards; Hans Hoemburg) | |
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 | Mice were injected with mouse sarcoma cells amd treated 3 days later when many micro-metastatic tumor foci were evident in the lungs. Lungs on the left were treated with saline. The lungs on the right were treated with lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells plus recombinant interleukin-2. Greater than 250 sarcoma metastases are seen in the lungs of saline treated mice. This number is significantly reduced to less than 12 in mice receiving LAK cells plus recombinant interleukin-2. Normal mouse lung is 1 inch long. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | In the early 1950's, there were more than 20,000 cases of polio each year. After polio vaccination began in 1955, cases dropped significantly. By 1960, the number of cases dropped to about 3,000, and by 1979 there were only about 10. Credit: CDC. |
 | Aerial photography vs. plane table mapping Much greater detail possible and significantly quicker with photography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Figure 17. Bottles for preserving water samples for the study of dissolved oxygen. Methods used for preserving water for oxygen samples differed significantly from those used for preserving salinity samples. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Conservation tillage in central Iowa. Leaving crop residues on the soil surface at harvest reduces soil erosion significantly. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Environmentally friendly: Ultra-low volume herbicide application methods developed by ARS plant physiologist Chester McWhorter (now retired) and colleagues could significantly reduce the use of agricultural chemicals. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | 19th Century photograph of an artwork, depicting USS Sassacus ramming the Confederate ironclad, during Albemarle's engagement with Federal gunboats on Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, 5 May 1864. Sassacus was hit in a boiler and disabled during this action. Albemarle was not significantly damaged by the ramming or by gunfire. Credit: NAVY. |  | Abe linking with his significantly named cabinet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The driver looked significantly at the fields along the road where the corn was fallen sideways and the dust was piled on it. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They stood and looked in my eye or pecked at my shoe significantly. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The 5-FU plus levamisole combination significantly reduced recurrence. (references) | |
Case-fatality proportions are significantly higher for infected animals. (references) | ||
The clinical diagnosis of AD has improved significantly in recent years. (references) | ||
Business | Local production is significantly lower than imports. (references) | |
New rules have simplified the bureaucratic process significantly. (references) | ||
Third, there is technology to significantly reduce auto emissions. (references) | ||
Children | Belarus | In other regional cities, the numbers were significantly lower. (references) |
Mali | Literacy rates among girls remained significantly lower than for boys. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | High school graduation rates for Arabs are significantly lower than for Jews. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yemen | Internet use has increased significantly. (references) |
Maldives | Freedom of religion is restricted significantly. (references) | |
Belgium | The number of asylum applications dropped significantly during the first half of the year. (references) | |
Economic History | Thailand | Thus, the franchisees' costs rise significantly. (references) |
Korea | Note: Poultry imports are increasing significantly. (references) | |
Spain | Air traffic in general has also grown significantly. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vietnam | Constitutional safeguards are significantly lacking. (references) |
Uganda | The carjackings decreased significantly after this order was publicized. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | This has reduced significantly the availability and timeliness of legal aid for such prisoners. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | For example, among Yanomami, the incidence of registered cases of malaria fell from 8.3 percent in January 2000 to 0.3 percent in September 2001. Infant mortality among Yanomami also appears to have fallen significantly, although it remains higher than in the population at large. (references) |
Minorities | Armenia | The large network of Russian-language schools has diminished significantly. (references) |
Italy | Immigrant conditions tend to differ significantly from those of Italian Roma. (references) | |
Political Economy | Haiti | The economic situation worsened significantly during the year. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | Industrial production remained significantly below preindependence levels. (references) | |
MOROCCO | A plethora of minor taxes can significantly raise the cost of certain imported goods. (references) | |
Political Rights | Macau | Citizens' ability to change their government is significantly restricted. (references) |
Iran | The right of citizens to change their government is restricted significantly. (references) | |
Jordan | Voter turnout was significantly lower in most urban areas than in rural areas. (references) | |
Trade | Nicaragua | This reference price can be significantly higher than the actual amount paid by importers. (references) |
Peru | Peru's average tariff stands at 11.6%, down significantly from over 60% at the beginning of 1990. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Since 1998, average Bulgarian import tariffs have been reduced significantly at the beginning of each year. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | There are, however, tax incentives which can significantly lessen the effective tax burden. (references) |
Romania | Special customs do not figure significantly in business dealings in Romania; Western business standards apply. (references) | |
Pakistan | The Karachi International School and the significantly smaller Lahore American School, both with a majority Pakistani student body, also offer K-12 classes. (references) | |
Women | Guatemala | Statistics vary significantly. (references) |
Afghanistan | Taliban actions significantly reduced women's access to health care. (references) | |
Jordan | The actual number of honor crimes is believed to be significantly higher. (references) | |
Worker Rights | New Zealand | In 2000 the Government changed the law governing industrial relations significantly. (references) |
Panama | A 1995 labor code reform package significantly increased workers' ability to establish unions. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | Resident and nonresident foreign nationals are restricted significantly in changing employment. (references) | |
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Al Hunt | Mr. Ambassador, those UNSCOM comments were of course four years ago. There are those who think that Iraq has developed significantly weapons over those four years. |
Bill Thomas | Well, you'll have to ask them that, Bob. I'm in favor of repealing capital gains. I think you ought to reward people significantly for taking risk, and time value creates a reward for the risk. |
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Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Purposes, therefore, at once just and pacific will be significantly marked in the conduct of our foreign affairs. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | If the level of enemy activity significantly increases we might have to adjust our timetable accordingly. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We have unambiguously demonstrated our commitment to defend Western interests in Southwest Asia, and we have significantly increased our ability to do so. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | To restore fairness to families, we will propose increasing significantly the personal exemption. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Therefore, my budget expands significantly our efforts to help them meet their responsibility. |
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| "Significantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Significantly" is used about 4,179 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.9% | 4,175 | 2,361 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.1% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,179 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "significantly": proportion of sales due to new or significantly improved products attributed to a region in a given year. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "significantly": non-significantly. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
diet over significantly supplement weight | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "significantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بدون خطورة (safely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重大地 (Fatefully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | i boelgegang,navnlig tvaerskibs eller agten for tvaers,nedsaettes det effektive traek i pullerterne betydeligt;dette maa tages i betragtning,eftersom ankringsbaaden stikker ankre ud i alle retninger og derfor vil komme ud for soegang tvaerskibs eller agte (and therefore will experience beam and quarter beam seas, effective bollard pull is significantly reduced;this should be taken into account since the anchor handling boat will be deploying anchors in all directions, especially on the beam or the quarter beam, in heave seas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bij deining,speciaal wanneer deze dwarsscheeps of dwarsachter staat,wordt het trekkrachtrendement van de bolders aanmerkelijk verkleind;hiermee dient rekening te worden gehouden,aangezien de kettingboot ankers in alle richtigen uitlegt en derhalve onderhe (and therefore will experience beam and quarter beam seas, effective bollard pull is significantly reduced;this should be taken into account since the anchor handling boat will be deploying anchors in all directions, especially on the beam or the quarter beam, in heave seas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sensiblement, très, manière significative/de, grandement, beaucoup. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vielsagend (meaning, meaningful, significant, suggestive, suggestively), bedeutungsvoll (meaningful, momentous, pregnant, significant), bedeutsam (eloquent, important, meaningful, momentous, serious, significant), bedeutend (appreciable, connotatively, connoting, considerable, considerably, crucial, distinguished, eminent, great, greatly, important, large, major, mattering, meaning, notable, serious, significant, signifying, substantial, substantive, vastly), beachtlich (considerable, considerably, formidable, marked, notable, remarkable, signal, significant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σημαντικά (notably, remarkably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | in mari mossi,specialmente al traverso oppure a poppavia del traverso,l'effettiva capacit di trazione è ridotta in modo significativo;di spiegher le ancore in tutte le direzioni,ed esperimenter quindi i mari al traverso o a poppavia del traverso (and therefore will experience beam and quarter beam seas, effective bollard pull is significantly reduced;this should be taken into account since the anchor handling boat will be deploying anchors in all directions, especially on the beam or the quarter beam, in heave seas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 뜻깊게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ignificantlysay semnificativ (considerable, eloquent, emphatic, expressive, graphic, graphical, important, knowing, meaning, meaningful, meaningfully, notional, significant, significative, telling), pregnant (pithy, substantival). (various references) значительно (amain, appreciably, apreciably, by far, by long odds, considerably, far [d], far and away, materially, notably, noticeably, sizably, to a degree, tremendously, vastly). (various references) značajno (notably, notedly, racily, remarkably). (various references) de modo significativo. (various references) märkbart (notedly, noticeably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "significantly": insignificantly, nonsignificantly. (additional references) | |
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"Significantly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: signficantly, significatly, signifigantly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "significantly" (pronounced signi"fikuntlē) |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-n-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: sanctifying, significant. | |
-3 letters: finalising, inflicting. | |
-4 letters: anticling, asininity, citifying, filiating, inflating, laicising, salifying, scantling. | |
-5 letters: caninity, castling, catlings, facility, failings, fainting, fancying, fatlings, finalist, finality, flinting, flytings, incasing, incising, inciting, infinity, inflicts, initials, inlacing, inlaying, insanity, insignia, instancy, isatinic, liaising, lignitic, sainting, salinity, sanctify, scantily, scanting, silicify, slanting, snailing, staining, stifling, stingily, tailings. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-n-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: insignificantly. | |
+3 letters: nonsignificantly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 67 6E 69 66 69 63 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .. --. -. .. ..-. .. -.-. .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01100111 01101110 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i g n i f i c a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0067 006E 0069 0066 0069 0063 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53757380757275696780867891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arabo, 아라비아, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, 루마니아, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk |
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