The archaeological discovery provided meaningful insight into the daily lives of ancient Mesopotamian farmers.
这一考古发现为古代美索不达米亚农民日常生活提供了有意义的见解。
A separate research team led by Omar Siddiqui found that a shift toward drip irrigation among farmers drawing from the aquifer has reduced water withdrawal rates enough to meaningfully slow, though not halt, the depletion trend Nair projected.
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Political scientist Elena Popescu counters that open primaries can dilute a party's ability to nominate candidates who reflect its core values, since voters with little long-term investment in the party can meaningfully influence its choice of nominee.
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Political scientist Grant Whitfield counters that automatic registration can also add many disengaged, unmotivated voters to the rolls whose actual turnout rate is far lower than that of voluntarily registered voters, potentially diluting turnout statistics without meaningfully increasing genuine civic participation.
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Which choice best defines “meaningful”?
D — Having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose. “meaningful” means having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose.
Which word means “having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose”?
B — meaningful. “meaningful” means having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose.
meaningful — having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose. In Chinese: 有意义的.
meaningful is pronounced /ˈmiːnɪŋfəl/.
The archaeological discovery provided meaningful insight into the daily lives of ancient Mesopotamian farmers. (这一考古发现为古代美索不达米亚农民日常生活提供了有意义的见解。)
significant, important, substantial — all close in meaning to meaningful (having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose).
trivial, meaningless — each the opposite of meaningful (having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose).
Yes. meaningful is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.