importance (redirected from importances)

im·por·tance  (m-pôrtns)

n.

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

2. Personal status; standing.

3. Obsolete An important matter.

4. Obsolete Meaning; import.

5. Obsolete Importunity.

Synonyms: importance, consequence, moment, 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). Moment implies importance or consequence that is readily apparent: making decisions of great moment.
Significance and import refer to the quality of something, often not obvious, that gives it special meaning or value: an event of real significance; works of great social import.
Weight suggests a personal evaluation or judgment of importance: "The popular faction at Rome . . . was led by men of weight" (J.A. Froude).

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

noun 2. prestige, standing, status, rule, authority, influence, distinction, esteem, prominence, supremacy, mastery, dominion, eminence, ascendancy, pre-eminence, mana N.Z.

Translations

importance [ɪmˈpɔːtəns] n → importancia;

to be of great/little importance → tener mucha/poca, importancia

importance [ɪmˈpɔːtns] n → importance f;

to be of great/little importance → avoir beaucoup/peu d'importance

importance [ɪmˈpɔːtns] n (see adj) → Wichtigkeit f; Bedeutung f;

to be of little/great importance → nicht besonders wichtig/sehr wichtig sein

importance [ɪmˈpɔːtns] n → importanza;

to be of great/little importance → importare molto/poco, essere molto/poco importante