importance

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɪmˈpɔːtəns//
United States//ɪmˈpɔɹtəns//
United States/[-ʔn̩s]/

The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

noun

1
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
The recording speed is also of importance in detecting flutters of high frequency.
2
significance or prominence.
3
personal status or standing.
4
Something of importance.
It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life.

Etymology

From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.

Forms

plural: importances

implying · implication impolite · Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in…import · Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for…

importance · The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

important · Having relevant and crucial value; having import.importantly · Used to mark a statement as having importance.impose · To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as…

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