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View synonyms for significative

significative

[ sig-nif-i-key-tiv ]

adjective

  1. serving to signify.
  2. significant; suggestive.


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Other Words From

  • 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of significative1

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; signify, -ate 1 ) + -īvus -ive
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Example Sentences

For as the old Creation was complete in seven days, so the number next ensuing may well be significative of the new.

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

That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.

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

He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.

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