A few days ago
earlybird

Significant Muslim populations? what does it mean?

I’ve read a VOA article and there is a noun phrase I can’t understand. ‘She was one of the students from countries with significant Muslim populations.’ In this context, what does ‘significant’ mean? Does it say ‘a lot of’ or ‘extreme’ here? I don’t know- please let me know!!

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A few days ago
Nita and Michael

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this is the meaning of significant:

Main Entry: sig·nif·i·cant

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin significant-, significans, present participle of significare to signify

1 : having meaning; especially : SUGGESTIVE

2 a : having or likely to have influence or effect : IMPORTANT ; also : of a noticeably or measurably large amount b : probably caused by something other than mere chance

so from the definitions here and the phrase your saying it would mean a large amount there are a large amount of muslim populations.

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