how to pronounce significant

/səɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

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significant is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of significant in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… hitting us in a significant way and …”

meaning of significant

Significant means important or worthy of note.

significant frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word significant occurs in english on average 57.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics significant can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that significant can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;