importance

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US /ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/ UK /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #4939

Meanings

1

noun
The quality of being important; the value or significance of something.

The teacher stressed the importance of a healthy diet.
2

noun
A high or prominent status or standing.

She is clearly a person of importance in the company.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a high or prominent status... grandness

Word family

Forms importances

Derived forms nonimportanceself-importanceunimportance

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Phrases (1)

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strategic importance
value because of a strong effect on a long-term plan or overall objective

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

importaunce Middle English importance Middle French importantia la-med

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# importance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/
**Frequency rank:** 4939

## Meanings
1. The quality of being important; the value or significance of something.
2. A high or prominent status or standing.

## Examples
- The teacher stressed the importance of a healthy diet.
- She is clearly a person of importance in the company.

## Derived Forms
- nonimportance
- self-importance
- unimportance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: importaunce
- Root: importance
- Root: importantia
- Affix: -ance - state

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

## AI Etymology
Importance comes from Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The quality of being important; the value or significance of something” and “A high or prominent status or standing”.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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