Importance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or condition of being important; significance.
  • n. Personal status; standing.
  • n. Obsolete An important matter.
  • n. Obsolete Meaning; import.
  • n. Obsolete Importunity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
  • n. significance or prominence
  • n. personal status or standing
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
  • n. Subject; matter.
  • n. Import; meaning; significance.
  • n. Importunity; solicitation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality of having much import or moment; consequence; concernment; momentousness.
  • n. Personal consequence or consideration; standing; dignity; social or public position.
  • n. Pretentiousness; pompousness: as, he walked in with an air of great importance.
  • n. Significance; meaning; import.
  • n. A matter of weight or moment.
  • n. [Cf. important, 3.] Importunity; urgency.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a prominent status
  • n. the quality of being important and worthy of note
  • Antonym
    Cross Reference
    important   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    consequence    weight    moment    significance    subject    matter    import    meaning    importunity    solicitation   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    significance    advantage    value    consequence    knowledge    necessity    aspect    lack    consideration    merit