importance

im·por·tance

 (ĭm-pôr′tns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being important; significance.

2. Personal status; standing: people of great importance.

3. Obsolete Meaning; import.

4. Obsolete Importunity.

Synonyms: importance, consequence, significance, import, weight
These nouns refer to the state or quality of being significant, influential, or worthy of note or esteem. Importance is the most general term: the importance of a proper diet. Consequence is especially applicable to persons or things of notable rank or position (scholars of consequence) and to what is important because of its possible outcome, result, or effect (tax laws of consequence to investors). Significance and import refer to the quality of something that gives it special meaning or value: an event of real significance; works of great social import. Weight suggests seriousness or authority: "The popular faction at Rome ... was led by men of weight" (J.A. Froude).

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importance

(ɪmˈpɔːtəns)

n

1. the state of being important; significance

2. social status; standing; esteem: a man of importance.

3. obsolete

a. meaning or signification

b. an important matter

c. importunity

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im•por•tance

(ɪmˈpɔr tns)

n.

1. the quality or state of being important; significance.

2. Obs. an important matter.

3. Obs. importunity.

4. Obs. import; meaning.

syn: importance, consequence, significance, moment refer to something valuable, influential, or worthy of note. importance is the most general of these terms, assigning exceptional value or influence to a person or thing: the importance of Einstein's discoveries. consequence may suggest personal distinction, or may suggest importance based on results to be produced: a woman of consequence in world affairs; an event of great consequence for our future. significance carries the implication of importance not readily or immediately recognized: The significance of the discovery became clear many years later. moment, on the other hand, usu. refers to immediately apparent, self-evident importance: an international treaty of great moment.

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Importance/Unimportance

 

See Also: MEMORY, NECESSITY

1. Brittle and meaningless as cocktail party patter —William Brammer
2. His influence … it is like burning a … candle at Dover to show light at Calais —Samuel Johnson

   Had Johnson been an American living in America instead of an Englishman living in England, his comment on Thomas Sheridan’s influence on English literature might well have illustrated with “A candle in New York to show light in Boston.”

3. Hollow as the (ghastly) amiabilities of a college reunion —Raymond M. Weaver
4. Impact [of information] … as thin as gold —Raymond Chandler
5. (About as) important as a game of golf to an astronomer —Anon
6. Important as mathematics to an engineer —Anon
7. Inconsequential … like the busy work that grade school teachers devise to keep children out of mischief —Ann Petry
8. Insignifacnt as the canals of Mars —Frank Conroy
9. Its loss would be incalculable … like losing the Mona Lisa —Dr. Paul Parks, New York Times, August 23, 1986 on potential death of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee
10. Meaningful as love —Kenneth Patchen
11. Meaningless, like publishing a book of your opinions with a vanity press —Scott Spencer
12. Of no more importance than a flea or a louse —Boris Pasternak

    In the novel, Doctor Zhivago, a character uses this simile to compare a wife to workers.

13. Seemed scarcely to concern us, like fairy tales or cautionary fables that are not to be taken literally or to heart —Joan Chase
14. Shallow as a pie pan —Anon
15. [A speech] shallow as time —Thomas Carlyle
16. Uneventful as theory —A. R. Ammons
17. Worthless as withered weeds —Emily Bronte

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	importance - the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" big deal - anything of great importance or consequence magnitude - relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude" account - importance or value; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance" momentousness - utmost importance prominence - relative importance greatness, illustriousness - the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence significance - the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" essentiality, essentialness - basic importance urgency - pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need" weightiness, weight - the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" unimportance - the quality of not being important or worthy of note
	2.	importance - a prominent status; "a person of importance" grandness standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" emphasis, accent - special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" primacy - the state of being first in importance

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importance

noun

1. significance, interest, concern, matter, moment, value, worth, weight, import, consequence, substance, relevance, usefulness, momentousness Safety is of paramount importance.

2. prestige, standing, status, rule, authority, influence, distinction, esteem, prominence, supremacy, mastery, dominion, eminence, ascendancy, pre-eminence, mana (N.Z.) He was too puffed up with his own importance to accept the verdict.

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importance

noun

The quality or state of being important:

concern, concernment, consequence, import, moment, significance, significancy, weight, weightiness.

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Translations

أَهَمِّيَةٌأهَميَّهاهمية

důležitost

vigtighed

WichtigkeitBedeutungBelang

σημασίασπουδαιότητα

importanciapesosignificado

tähtsus

tärkeys

importanceintérêt

važnostznačajznačenje

mikilvægi

importanzarilevanzaseriamenteimportante

重要性

중요성

belangrijkheid

betydning

znaczenie

importância

важность

pomembnost

vikt

ความสำคัญ

önem

tầm quan trọng

重要性

importance

[ɪmˈpɔːtəns] N → importancia f
to be of great/little importance → ser de gran/escasa importancia, tener mucha/poca importancia
to attach great importance to sth → conceder or dar mucha importancia a algo
to be of no importance → carecer de importancia, no tener importancia
to be full of one's own importance → darse ínfulas, creerse muy importante
to be of some importance → ser de cierta importancia, tener cierta importancia

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importance

[ɪmˈpɔː^rt^əns] n → importance f
to be of great importance → avoir beaucoup d'importance
to be of great importance to sb → compter beaucoup pour qn
to be of little importance → avoir peu d'importance
a man of some importance → un homme qui compte
someone of importance
Was he related to anyone of importance? → Avait-il une parenté avec une personne importante?

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

importance

n → Wichtigkeit f; (= significance also) → Bedeutung f; (= influence also) → Einfluss m; I don’t see the importance of this → ich verstehe nicht, warum das wichtig sein soll; to be of great importance → äußerst wichtig sein; to be of no (great) importance → nicht (besonders) wichtig sein; to be without importance → unwichtig sein; to attach the greatest importance to something → einer Sache (dat) → größten Wert or größte Wichtigkeit beimessen; a man of importance → ein wichtiger or einflussreicher Mann; to be full of one’s own importance → ganz von seiner eigenen Wichtigkeit erfüllt sein

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importance

[ɪmˈpɔːt/əns] n → importanza
to attach great importance to sth → dare or attribuire molta importanza a qc
to be of great/little importance → essere molto/poco importante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

important

(imˈpoːtənt) adjective

(negative unimportant) having great value, influence or effect. an important book/person/occasion; It is important that you arrive here on time. belangrik مُهِم важен importante důležitý wichtig vigtig σημαντικός, σπουδαίοςimportante tähtis مهم tärkeä importantחשוב महत्वपूर्ण važan fontos penting mikilvægur importante 重要な 중요한 svarbus svarīgs; nozīmīgs penting belangrijk viktig, betydningsfullważny غټ، ستر، مهم importante im­portant важный, значительный dôležitý, významný pomemben važan viktig สำคัญ önemli 重要的 важливий, значний اہم quan trọng 重要的

imˈportantly adverb

belangrik بصورةٍ مُهِمَّه важно importantemente důležitě wichtig vigtigt σημαντικά de manera importante, importantemente tähtsalt بطور مهم tärkeästi d'une manière importante בַּחֲשִיבוּת महत्वपूर्ण važno nagy fontossággal; fontoskodva penting á mikilvægan hátt in maniera importante 重大に 중요하게 svarbu , su pasipūtimu svarīgi; nozīmīgi dengan penting in belangrijke mate betydningsfullt, viktigistotnie په مهمه توګه importantemente cu importanţă важно dôležito pomembno važno viktigt อย่างสำคัญ önemli olarak 重要地 важливо اہم طور پر một cách quan trọng 重要地

imˈportance noun

matters of great importance. belangrikheid أهَميَّه важност importância důležitost die Wichtigkeit vigtighed σημασία, σπουδαιότηταimportancia tähtsus اهمیت tärkeys importanceחשיבות महत्व važnost fontosság segi penting mikilvægi importanza 重要性 중요성 svarba, svarbumas svarīgums; nozīme kepentingan belangviktighet, betydningwaga اهميت importância importanţă важность dôležitosť važnost značaj vikt, betydenhet ความสำคัญ önem 重要性 важливість اہمیت tầm quan trọng 重要（性）

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importance

→ أَهَمِّيَةٌ důležitost vigtighed Wichtigkeit σημασία importancia tärkeys importance važnost importanza 重要性 중요성 belangrijkheid betydning znaczenie importância важность vikt ความสำคัญ önem tầm quan trọng 重要性

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importance

n. importancia.

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