significant event
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantandevent
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsignificant event
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It is also asignificanteventin the short history of electronic publishing.
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Venn's retirement in 1872 was asignificantevent.
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This is a very important and highlysignificanteventfrom our point of view.
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Last week, a particularlysignificanteventtook place.
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The mostsignificanteventhas been a meeting between the local authorities and local health authorities.
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Before that happened, a verysignificanteventoccurred.
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Nor will it be regarded as the mostsignificanteventof this parliamentary session.
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This visionary and exciting scheme will enable the whole nation to mark thissignificanteventin a wholly appropriate way.
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The exhibition is the single mostsignificanteventto be funded by the national lottery.
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This is a very considerable andsignificantevent.
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The impact of such a "significantevent" on the housing market will, of course, vary from case to case.
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Most people would recognise that as a prettysignificantevent.
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I believe that that is a verysignificantevent.
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They regard it as asignificantevent, and these are people who have served in the military.
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In my constituency, not only is there a telephone exchange under construction, but we have every year another verysignificantevent.
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Nosignificanteventhas been reported since that statement.
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By any standards, the conference was a highlysignificanteventwhich has given new political momentum and public prominence to sustainable development for the future.
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We consider the approval of this report to be asignificanteventas we approach the summer recess, for four fundamental reasons.
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As far as our group is concerned, these new accessions constitute a highlysignificantevent.
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But we recognise that losing a child is asignificanteventfor an entire family.
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