Collocations for significant - adj.
VERBS
be,
prove
become
remain
consider sth (as), deem sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth, view sth as
The move was regarded as significant in Japan.
become
remain
consider sth (as), deem sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth, view sth as
The move was regarded as significant in Japan.
make sth
What makes this discovery significant is that it goes against our theory.
What makes this discovery significant is that it goes against our theory.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
deeply, highly
especially, particularly
potentially
equally
His records are impressive, but equally significant are the methods that he used to achieve them.
deeply, highly
especially, particularly
potentially
equally
His records are impressive, but equally significant are the methods that he used to achieve them.
statistically
These differences are not statistically significant.
These differences are not statistically significant.
biologically,
culturally,
historically,
militarily,
politically,
etc.
PREPOSITION
for
This development proved highly significant for the whole town.
This development proved highly significant for the whole town.
to
rituals which are deeply significant to Christians
rituals which are deeply significant to Christians
Significant is used with these nouns:
accomplishment, achievement, addition, adjustment, advance, advantage, alteration, amendment, amount, aspect, bearing, benefit, bias, boost, breakthrough, burden, cause, challenge, change, complication, component, concession, consequence, contribution, contributor, correlation, cut, damage, danger, date, decline, decrease, degree, delay, dent, departure, depletion, deterioration, development, difference, dimension, disability, disadvantage, disagreement, discount, discovery, discrepancy, disruption, distinction, distress, downturn, drawback, drop, economy, effect, element, erosion, event, evidence, exception, expansion, expenditure, expense, extension, factor, fall, feature, find, finding, force, fraction, funding, gain, gap, growth, hurdle, impact, implication, improvement, inaccuracy, increase, indicator, influence, innovation, input, insight, investment, landmark, lead, level, limitation, link, loss, majority, measure, milestone, minority, modification, move, number, obstacle, omission, parallel, part, percentage, portion, presence, problem, progress, proportion, quantity, recovery, redistribution, reduction, reform, relation, relationship, repercussion, resource, respect, restriction, result, rise, risk, role, saving, setback, share, shift, shortcoming, side effect, similarity, slice, stake, step, stride, sum, threat, trend, turning point, uncertainty, underestimate, variation, victory, weakness
accomplishment, achievement, addition, adjustment, advance, advantage, alteration, amendment, amount, aspect, bearing, benefit, bias, boost, breakthrough, burden, cause, challenge, change, complication, component, concession, consequence, contribution, contributor, correlation, cut, damage, danger, date, decline, decrease, degree, delay, dent, departure, depletion, deterioration, development, difference, dimension, disability, disadvantage, disagreement, discount, discovery, discrepancy, disruption, distinction, distress, downturn, drawback, drop, economy, effect, element, erosion, event, evidence, exception, expansion, expenditure, expense, extension, factor, fall, feature, find, finding, force, fraction, funding, gain, gap, growth, hurdle, impact, implication, improvement, inaccuracy, increase, indicator, influence, innovation, input, insight, investment, landmark, lead, level, limitation, link, loss, majority, measure, milestone, minority, modification, move, number, obstacle, omission, parallel, part, percentage, portion, presence, problem, progress, proportion, quantity, recovery, redistribution, reduction, reform, relation, relationship, repercussion, resource, respect, restriction, result, rise, risk, role, saving, setback, share, shift, shortcoming, side effect, similarity, slice, stake, step, stride, sum, threat, trend, turning point, uncertainty, underestimate, variation, victory, weakness