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significant others

significant others is the plural of significant other.

Meaning of significant other

Noun

significant other (plural significant others)

  1. One's exclusive romantic partner.
    • Almost half of working women who are married or live with a partner are seeing their significant other only in passing because the two work different shifts, an AFL-CIO poll found.2000 March 9, “Couples Working Different Shifts, Union Poll Finds”, in Deseret News, retrieved 27 Oct 2013, page D7
  2. A person with whom one has an important bond of some kind.
    • Dr. Nogueira said it was always preferable to have coaches drawn from a school's staff because a coach "is a significant other" to a student.1983 June 21, William E. Geist, “High Schools Struggle with Coach Shortage”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Oct 2013

Questions about significant others

What is significant others the plural of?
Significant others is the plural of significant other.

Words near significant others in the dictionary

  1. significant digits
  2. significant figure
  3. significant figures
  4. significant other
  5. significant othered
  6. significant others
  7. significant wave height
  8. significant wave heights
  9. significant-othered
  10. significantly
  11. significantly othered

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