significative

[ sig-nif-i-key-tiv ]

/ sɪgˈnɪf ɪˌkeɪ tɪv /

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adjective

serving to signify.

significant; suggestive.

Origin of significative

1350–1400; Middle English (< Old French significatif, significative) < Late Latin significātīvus denoting, equivalent to Latin significāt(us) (past participle of significāre to make a sign; see signify, -ate¹) + -īvus -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM significative

sig·nif·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb sig·nif·i·ca·tive·ness, noun non·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjective un·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjective

Words nearby significative

significant digits, significant figures, significant other, significant symbol, signification, significative, significs, signified, signifier, signifié, signify

Example sentences from the Web for significative

Moreover, these offices of divine piety be moral, and significative of future glory.

Churches and Church Ornaments |William Durandus
Now the whole Chinese language consists in reality of about four hundred words, or significative sounds, all monosyllabic.

Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I |Friedrich Max Mller
That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.

The Lone Ranche |Captain Mayne Reid
He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.

The Allen House |T. S. Arthur

To which the Count replied, by the word Speranza, accompanied by a clasp of the hand and a significative glance.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for significative

significative

/ (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv) /

adjective

(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic

another word for significant

Derived forms of significative

significatively, adverb significativeness, noun

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