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importance
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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).

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.importanceimportance - 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"
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

importance
noun
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.
Translations
importance [ɪmˈpɔːtəns] Nimportancia f
to be of great/little importanceser de gran/escasa importancia, tener mucha/poca importancia
to attach great importance to sthconceder or dar mucha importancia a algo
to be of no importancecarecer de importancia, no tener importancia
to be full of one's own importancedarse ínfulas, creerse muy importante
to be of some importanceser de cierta importancia, tener cierta importancia

importance [ɪmˈpɔːrtəns] nimportance 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?

importance
nWichtigkeit f; (= significance also)Bedeutung f; (= influence also)Einfluss m; I don’t see the importance of thisich verstehe nicht, warum das wichtig sein soll; to be of great importanceäußerst wichtig sein; to be of no (great) importancenicht (besonders) wichtig sein; to be without importanceunwichtig sein; to attach the greatest importance to somethingeiner Sache (dat)größten Wert or größte Wichtigkeit beimessen; a man of importanceein wichtiger or einflussreicher Mann; to be full of one’s own importanceganz von seiner eigenen Wichtigkeit erfüllt sein

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

importance أهمية 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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