08/10/2025
✨ Word of the Week: SIGNIFICANT ✨
🌿 This week’s word invites us to pause and reflect on what truly matters, what carries meaning, importance, and depth in our lives.
💫 DEFINITIONS
1️⃣ Having or expressing a meaning; meaningful.
“She gave him a significant look, hinting at something unspoken.”
2️⃣ Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
“There was a significant increase in rainfall this year.”
3️⃣ Having a particular meaning; indicative of something.
“His silence was significant, it revealed more than words could.”
4️⃣ (Statistics) Having a high probability of being true or valid; not occurring by chance.
“The results were statistically significant at the 0.05 level.”
🌿 ETYMOLOGY
The word significant comes from the Latin significare -
signum = sign
facere = to make, to do
So, at its root, it literally means “to make a sign.”
To carry meaning. To signal something deeper.
🌀 EARLIEST MEANING
Originally, “significant” meant “serving as a sign of something” a bearer of meaning.
It wasn’t about statistics or measurement, but about communication and symbolism.
✨ IN CONTEXT
🌸 “The discovery was significant not just for science, but for humanity’s understanding of itself.”
🌸 “She made a significant contribution to the project, one that altered its entire trajectory.”
🌸 “In silence, sometimes the most significant messages are spoken.”
🔮 REFLECTION
To call something significant is to say it speaks.
It’s not silent, it signals, marks, or shifts perception.
It carries meaning and invites attention.
This week, reflect on:
🌿 What in your life feels significant right now?
🌿 What signs are you receiving?
🌿 What are you signifying with your words, energy, and presence?
💖 May this word inspire you to notice what’s meaningful and to bring significance to everything you do.
