importancen.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɔrtns/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s importans, late Middle English–1600s importaunce, 1500s emportaunce, 1500s ymportaunce, 1500s–1600s emportance, 1500s–1600s ymportance, 1500s– importance.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French importance ; import v., -ance suffix.

Etymology: Partly (i) (in branch I.) < Middle French importance (French importance ) fact or quality of being important (a1444), important matter, affair of consequence (third quarter of the 15th cent.), personal consequence or standing (third quarter of the 15th cent.), apparently < Italian importanza fact or quality of being important (a1432), important matter, affair of consequence (although this is apparently first attested later than in French: a1519), authority, influence, prestige (although this is apparently first attested later than in French: a1543; < importare import v. + -anza -ance suffix), and partly (ii) (in branches II. and III.) < import v. + -ance suffix (although import v. is first attested later in the sense relevant to branch II.: see import v. 2). Compare Old Occitan emportansa , importansa (15th cent.), Spanish importancia (a1449), Portuguese importância (1501), and also post-classical Latin importantia gravity, weight, consequence (from 1423 in continental sources; 1496 in a British source). Compare earlier important adj.With the use in senses of branch III. compare slightly earlier import n. I. Sense 7 arose by association with importunate adj., importune adj., and related words. With the forms in em- compare the formal variation at import v., and ultimately em- prefix.

I. The fact or quality of being important or urgent; that which is important.

a. The fact or quality of being important; (with modifying word or phrase) the degree or extent to which something is important; (great) significance or consequence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun]

mund?c1250

steemc1330

greatnessc1410

substancec1425

importance1485

weight1521

moment1522

weightiness1530

importancy1531

importunance1546

import1548

reckoning1582

sequel1588

ponderosity1589

valure1594

consequence1597

significance1597

circumstance1599

consequent1599

eminency1622

importmenta1625

concernment1626

consideration1634

telling1636

signification1645

considerableness1647

concerningness1657

nearness1679

significancy1679

respectability1769

interest1809

noteworthiness1852

portee1893

valency1897

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. fiij^v/2 The whyche [knyghtes] haue sayd to me wordes of grete Importaunce ful of reproches.

1508 T. Wolsey in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 439 (I have l)ernyd n(o th)yng of importance to be (written) to your grace.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. viii. sig. Qvii Emploienge treasour..on persones vnworthy; or on thynges inconuenient, and of small importaunce.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 43/1 He shewed his seruauntes that hee hadde tidinges of soo greate importaunce, that [etc.].

1586 in J. Bruce Leycester Corr. (1844) 251 A towne of greatest importance.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 161 There is a question to be answered, of much importance.

1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 88 Sheep-folding all the Winter under Cover, in my opinion, would be of great importance to the Ground.

1773 Observ. State Poor 89 The preservation of health is of not more importance, than the preservation of morals.

1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. xi. 501 A consideration of secondary importance.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark xii. 109 There was no bark trade in Peru of any importance.

1931 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 157 35/1 For the maximum security group, defense requirements are of paramount importance.

2000 Financial Times 11 Jan. 2/8 In a lecture tonight.., Mr Brown will stress the importance of education in economic development.

b. Personal consequence or standing; (high) rank or position.In quot. 1680 used humorously as a title.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > other

charge1393

instantness1548

importance1603

stamp1632

amount1678

consequence1793

monumentality1884

relevance1935

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xx. 43 Make other of our members to be suspected to have in envy of his importance, and sweetnesse of his vse, devised this imposture.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 65 Pleas. Your hand, sweet moyety. Wood. And heart too, my comfortable Importance.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 3 Fairest of Mortals..thy own Importance know, Nor bound thy narrow Views to Things below.

1776 T. Paine Common Sense ii. 25 Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent;..their minds are easily poisoned by importance.

1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 482/1 The anecdote was pressed into the account of the family importance.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §1. 213 His family, though not noble, seems to have been of some importance.

1919 Wood-worker Oct. 46/1 If the stock has not been properly dried or not dried at all, his importance counts for very little.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 194 Quite obscure people, people of no importance whatsoever.

2008 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 22 It was great to hear a woman of importance voice her opinion to the public.

c. Dignity of style or manner; serious or grave character. Frequently in a negative sense: pompousness, grandiosity, self-importance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun]

importance1607

self-importance1727

self-consequence1753

consequence1791

consequentiality1820

consequentialness1828

prima donnaship1889

Pooh-Bahism1892

prima donnaism1931

1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. B3^v This sacred traine with Musicke take the way, Where, with importance euery rite is done.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 99 A little contemptible Varlet..shall presume to look with Importance, and put himself upon a Foot with the greatest Persons of the Kingdom.

1779 F. Burney Let. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) 407 His extreme pomposity,—the solemn stiffness of his Person..& the quaint importance of his delivery.

1865 T. Wright Hist. Caricature & Grotesque viii. 138 The graveness and air of importance with which he regards it, would lead us to suppose that the barrel contains wine.

1896 A. Elliot Ld. Harborough II. 264 All this gratified her importance..and also her kindheartedness.

1913 M. MacMillan Short Plays 40 (stage direct.) He is a tall, dark-eyed, pale and frowning young man..and possesses evidently an overabundance of egotism with much importance of manner.

2008 L. F. Lee Ex-Debutante ix. 90 ‘Gramma, this is Miss Wainwright Cushing,’ India said with importance.

2. An important matter, an affair of consequence. Also: an important thing.In quot. a1616 with modifying phrase indicating the degree of importance of the matter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important

muchity1534

importance1570

something1582

significancy1656

thing1748

great1787

important1824

big stuff1883

big whoop1988

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > matter

importance1570

importancy1623

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biii^v/1 Importance, magna res.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 40 It had beene pitty you should haue beene put together, with so mortall a purpose..vpon importance of so slight and triuiall a nature.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 139 To whom all People far and near, On deep importances repair.

1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 174 This Tho. Chaloner..loved to enjoy the comfortable importances of this life.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 77 If the History of a Life hangs altogether upon great Importances, [etc.].

1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil 49/1 If this be a trifle, show us your importances!

1895 W. O. Stoddard in W. H. Ward Abraham Lincoln 45 He discovered real importances where others failed to see them.

1921 Bookman June 360/1 The trivial banalities which we allow to become the importances of our daily living.

1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 129 And old importances came swimming back—Wine, meat, log-fires, a roof over the head.

1994 K. Amis You can't do Both 189 But on his again approaching Mrs Pendry's front door other concerns, other importances came rushing back.

3. A person of consequence or significance; an important person. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important

persona1425

personagec1460

colossus1605

satrapon1650

bigwig1772

big man1789

butt-cut1806

tallboy1820

buzz-wig1854

great or high shot1861

celestial1874

pot1880

big stuff1883

importance1886

big wheel1893

mandarin1907

the (also a) big noise1909

hotty1910

big boy1918

biggie1926

hotshot1933

wheel1933

eminence1935

top hat1936

big or great white chief1937

Mr Big1940

big kahuna1966

1886 T. Hamilton Hist. Irish Presbyterian Church x. 86 There are times when aldermen and bishops, and all such importances..must be left quietly standing in their dignity.

1907 ‘M. Twain’ Christian Sci. ii. v. 147 To place the Virgin first, the Saviour second, and Mrs. Eddy third, seems to..make it an ascending scale of Importances, with Mrs. Eddy ranking the other two and holding first place.

1969 Billboard 23 Aug. 17 (advt.) The latest news..as told by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, and 24 other importances.

†II. Income, revenue.

4. Scottish. Income, revenue. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun]

renta1225

winningsc1380

profita1382

profity1432

revenue1433

fruitc1450

luck?a1475

improvement1478

apports1481

penny-rent1502

importance1505

filthy lucre1526

rentally1534

entrataa1538

a quick return1583

incoming1596

entratec1599

advenue1600

coming in1600

income1601

intrade1604

intrado1609

ingate1621

audit1625

increment1631

indraught1633

velvet1901

1505 Seal of Cause in A. Pennecuik Hist. Blue Blanket (1722) 53 It is weall knawne..that we uphald an Altar situate within the Colledge Kirk of St. Giles..and has nae Importance to uphauld the same, but our sober oukleye Penny and Upsets.

1510 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 318/2 The gift of ane ȝerely pensioun..ay and quhill he be promovit..to benefice of c merkis of fre importance.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiii. xi. f. clxxxxv^v/2 In thay days war..maist auaritious pepyll in the court of Rome. And thairfore euery thyng was grantit that mycht bryng ony importance to thaym.

†III. Meaning, significance; consequence.

5. Meaning, significance; = import n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun]

sentence?c1225

intent1303

tenora1387

intendment1390

strengthc1390

porta1393

meaningc1395

process1395

continencea1398

purposec1400

substance1415

purport1422

matterc1450

storyc1450

containing1477

contenu1477

retinue1484

fecka1500

content1513

drift1526

intention1532

vein1543

importing1548

scope1549

importance1552

course1553

force1555

sense?1556

file1560

intelliment?1562

proporta1578

preport1583

import1588

importment1602

carriage1604

morala1616

significancy1641

amount1678

purview1688

sentiment1713

capacity1720

spirit1742

message1828

thrust1968

messaging1977

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Importaunce, or meanynge, or signification of wordes.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 706/2 Many more wordes of like importance.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 18 The wisest beholder..could not say, if th'importance were Ioy, or Sorrow.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 213 The multiplicity or variety of importances, or significations of some one single word.

1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 524 They might..change it in common Speech, for another [word], of like Importance but different Character.

1796 G. H. Noehden & J. Stoddart tr. F. Schiller Fiesco iii. v. 133 The Tyrants. I intreat you weigh well the importance of the Word.

6. Bearing, consequence, effect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun]

proofc1330

worka1382

workinga1382

consequentc1386

effectc1390

processa1400

consequencec1400

sequel1477

efficacea1492

operation1525

branch1526

efficacy1549

trial1559

ensuing1561

repercussion1603

success1606

productiona1610

salutation1609

succeedinga1616

pursuancea1626

spawna1631

income1635

result1638

importance1645

consequency1651

product1651

causal1652

causate1656

consectary1659

propter hoc1671

inference1673

corollary1674

resultment1683

produce1698

recussion1754

development1803

suitea1806

eventuation1813

sequent1838

sequence1853

causatum1879

sequela1883

ramification1925

1645 H. Hammond Of Superstition 22 The confounding the grounds or foundations of my obedience..is in it selfe an error, and that which may prove of ill importance.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 19 This wast [= waste] of Iron-work by Rust, and the ill importance of it, in its consequences.

1726 E. Haywood Mem. Certain Island II. 157 I have an Affair of the most terrible Importance to my Peace.

†IV. Importunity.

7. Urgent or pressing solicitation; importunity. Also: urgency of action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency

instancec1340

importunityc1425

instancy1515

importunateness?1526

importunacy1548

importancea1555

importancy1576

opportunitya1586

urgencec1592

urgency1611

clamorousnessa1617

pressingness1661

precariousness1666

supplicancy1728

beseechingness1863

imploringness1863

pleadingness1866

demandingness1930

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing

necessityc1390

urgency1647

importance1740

demandc1790

stress1822

a1555 J. Bradford Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1661/1 The shortnes of tyme, and this sayd bringers importaunce is onely the let.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 7 At our importance hether is he come, To spread his colours boy, in thy behalfe.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 43 [Stratonica] solicited him, and that with great importance, to select some beautifull ladie whom he best fancied.

1740 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 392 A Pinnace had passed by with Sails and Oars, and all the Appearance of Expedition and Importance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	importance
释义	importancen. Brit. /ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)ns/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɔrtns/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s importans, late Middle English–1600s importaunce, 1500s emportaunce, 1500s ymportaunce, 1500s–1600s emportance, 1500s–1600s ymportance, 1500s– importance. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French importance ; import v., -ance suffix. Etymology: Partly (i) (in branch I.) < Middle French importance (French importance ) fact or quality of being important (a1444), important matter, affair of consequence (third quarter of the 15th cent.), personal consequence or standing (third quarter of the 15th cent.), apparently < Italian importanza fact or quality of being important (a1432), important matter, affair of consequence (although this is apparently first attested later than in French: a1519), authority, influence, prestige (although this is apparently first attested later than in French: a1543; < importare import v. + -anza -ance suffix), and partly (ii) (in branches II. and III.) < import v. + -ance suffix (although import v. is first attested later in the sense relevant to branch II.: see import v. 2). Compare Old Occitan emportansa , importansa (15th cent.), Spanish importancia (a1449), Portuguese importância (1501), and also post-classical Latin importantia gravity, weight, consequence (from 1423 in continental sources; 1496 in a British source). Compare earlier important adj.With the use in senses of branch III. compare slightly earlier import n. I. Sense 7 arose by association with importunate adj., importune adj., and related words. With the forms in em- compare the formal variation at import v., and ultimately em- prefix. I. The fact or quality of being important or urgent; that which is important. 1. a. The fact or quality of being important; (with modifying word or phrase) the degree or extent to which something is important; (great) significance or consequence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. fiij^v/2 The whyche [knyghtes] haue sayd to me wordes of grete Importaunce ful of reproches. 1508 T. Wolsey in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 439 (I have l)ernyd n(o th)yng of importance to be (written) to your grace. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. viii. sig. Qvii Emploienge treasour..on persones vnworthy; or on thynges inconuenient, and of small importaunce. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 43/1 He shewed his seruauntes that hee hadde tidinges of soo greate importaunce, that [etc.]. 1586 in J. Bruce Leycester Corr. (1844) 251 A towne of greatest importance. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 161 There is a question to be answered, of much importance. 1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 88 Sheep-folding all the Winter under Cover, in my opinion, would be of great importance to the Ground. 1773 Observ. State Poor 89 The preservation of health is of not more importance, than the preservation of morals. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. xi. 501 A consideration of secondary importance. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark xii. 109 There was no bark trade in Peru of any importance. 1931 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 157 35/1 For the maximum security group, defense requirements are of paramount importance. 2000 Financial Times 11 Jan. 2/8 In a lecture tonight.., Mr Brown will stress the importance of education in economic development. b. Personal consequence or standing; (high) rank or position.In quot. 1680 used humorously as a title. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > other charge1393 instantness1548 importance1603 stamp1632 amount1678 consequence1793 monumentality1884 relevance1935 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xx. 43 Make other of our members to be suspected to have in envy of his importance, and sweetnesse of his vse, devised this imposture. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 65 Pleas. Your hand, sweet moyety. Wood. And heart too, my comfortable Importance. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 3 Fairest of Mortals..thy own Importance know, Nor bound thy narrow Views to Things below. 1776 T. Paine Common Sense ii. 25 Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent;..their minds are easily poisoned by importance. 1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 482/1 The anecdote was pressed into the account of the family importance. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §1. 213 His family, though not noble, seems to have been of some importance. 1919 Wood-worker Oct. 46/1 If the stock has not been properly dried or not dried at all, his importance counts for very little. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 194 Quite obscure people, people of no importance whatsoever. 2008 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 22 It was great to hear a woman of importance voice her opinion to the public. c. Dignity of style or manner; serious or grave character. Frequently in a negative sense: pompousness, grandiosity, self-importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] importance1607 self-importance1727 self-consequence1753 consequence1791 consequentiality1820 consequentialness1828 prima donnaship1889 Pooh-Bahism1892 prima donnaism1931 1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. B3^v This sacred traine with Musicke take the way, Where, with importance euery rite is done. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 99 A little contemptible Varlet..shall presume to look with Importance, and put himself upon a Foot with the greatest Persons of the Kingdom. 1779 F. Burney Let. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) 407 His extreme pomposity,—the solemn stiffness of his Person..& the quaint importance of his delivery. 1865 T. Wright Hist. Caricature & Grotesque viii. 138 The graveness and air of importance with which he regards it, would lead us to suppose that the barrel contains wine. 1896 A. Elliot Ld. Harborough II. 264 All this gratified her importance..and also her kindheartedness. 1913 M. MacMillan Short Plays 40 (stage direct.) He is a tall, dark-eyed, pale and frowning young man..and possesses evidently an overabundance of egotism with much importance of manner. 2008 L. F. Lee Ex-Debutante ix. 90 ‘Gramma, this is Miss Wainwright Cushing,’ India said with importance. 2. An important matter, an affair of consequence. Also: an important thing.In quot. a1616 with modifying phrase indicating the degree of importance of the matter. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important muchity1534 importance1570 something1582 significancy1656 thing1748 great1787 important1824 big stuff1883 big whoop1988 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > matter importance1570 importancy1623 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biii^v/1 Importance, magna res. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 40 It had beene pitty you should haue beene put together, with so mortall a purpose..vpon importance of so slight and triuiall a nature. View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 139 To whom all People far and near, On deep importances repair. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 174 This Tho. Chaloner..loved to enjoy the comfortable importances of this life. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 77 If the History of a Life hangs altogether upon great Importances, [etc.]. 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil 49/1 If this be a trifle, show us your importances! 1895 W. O. Stoddard in W. H. Ward Abraham Lincoln 45 He discovered real importances where others failed to see them. 1921 Bookman June 360/1 The trivial banalities which we allow to become the importances of our daily living. 1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 129 And old importances came swimming back—Wine, meat, log-fires, a roof over the head. 1994 K. Amis You can't do Both 189 But on his again approaching Mrs Pendry's front door other concerns, other importances came rushing back. 3. A person of consequence or significance; an important person. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 1886 T. Hamilton Hist. Irish Presbyterian Church x. 86 There are times when aldermen and bishops, and all such importances..must be left quietly standing in their dignity. 1907 ‘M. Twain’ Christian Sci. ii. v. 147 To place the Virgin first, the Saviour second, and Mrs. Eddy third, seems to..make it an ascending scale of Importances, with Mrs. Eddy ranking the other two and holding first place. 1969 Billboard 23 Aug. 17 (advt.) The latest news..as told by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, and 24 other importances. †II. Income, revenue. 4. Scottish. Income, revenue. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] renta1225 winningsc1380 profita1382 profity1432 revenue1433 fruitc1450 luck?a1475 improvement1478 apports1481 penny-rent1502 importance1505 filthy lucre1526 rentally1534 entrataa1538 a quick return1583 incoming1596 entratec1599 advenue1600 coming in1600 income1601 intrade1604 intrado1609 ingate1621 audit1625 increment1631 indraught1633 velvet1901 1505 Seal of Cause in A. Pennecuik Hist. Blue Blanket (1722) 53 It is weall knawne..that we uphald an Altar situate within the Colledge Kirk of St. Giles..and has nae Importance to uphauld the same, but our sober oukleye Penny and Upsets. 1510 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 318/2 The gift of ane ȝerely pensioun..ay and quhill he be promovit..to benefice of c merkis of fre importance. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiii. xi. f. clxxxxv^v/2 In thay days war..maist auaritious pepyll in the court of Rome. And thairfore euery thyng was grantit that mycht bryng ony importance to thaym. †III. Meaning, significance; consequence. 5. Meaning, significance; = import n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun] sentence?c1225 intent1303 tenora1387 intendment1390 strengthc1390 porta1393 meaningc1395 process1395 continencea1398 purposec1400 substance1415 purport1422 matterc1450 storyc1450 containing1477 contenu1477 retinue1484 fecka1500 content1513 drift1526 intention1532 vein1543 importing1548 scope1549 importance1552 course1553 force1555 sense?1556 file1560 intelliment?1562 proporta1578 preport1583 import1588 importment1602 carriage1604 morala1616 significancy1641 amount1678 purview1688 sentiment1713 capacity1720 spirit1742 message1828 thrust1968 messaging1977 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Importaunce, or meanynge, or signification of wordes. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 706/2 Many more wordes of like importance. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 18 The wisest beholder..could not say, if th'importance were Ioy, or Sorrow. View more context for this quotation 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 213 The multiplicity or variety of importances, or significations of some one single word. 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 524 They might..change it in common Speech, for another [word], of like Importance but different Character. 1796 G. H. Noehden & J. Stoddart tr. F. Schiller Fiesco iii. v. 133 The Tyrants. I intreat you weigh well the importance of the Word. 6. Bearing, consequence, effect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] proofc1330 worka1382 workinga1382 consequentc1386 effectc1390 processa1400 consequencec1400 sequel1477 efficacea1492 operation1525 branch1526 efficacy1549 trial1559 ensuing1561 repercussion1603 success1606 productiona1610 salutation1609 succeedinga1616 pursuancea1626 spawna1631 income1635 result1638 importance1645 consequency1651 product1651 causal1652 causate1656 consectary1659 propter hoc1671 inference1673 corollary1674 resultment1683 produce1698 recussion1754 development1803 suitea1806 eventuation1813 sequent1838 sequence1853 causatum1879 sequela1883 ramification1925 1645 H. Hammond Of Superstition 22 The confounding the grounds or foundations of my obedience..is in it selfe an error, and that which may prove of ill importance. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 19 This wast [= waste] of Iron-work by Rust, and the ill importance of it, in its consequences. 1726 E. Haywood Mem. Certain Island II. 157 I have an Affair of the most terrible Importance to my Peace. †IV. Importunity. 7. Urgent or pressing solicitation; importunity. Also: urgency of action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency instancec1340 importunityc1425 instancy1515 importunateness?1526 importunacy1548 importancea1555 importancy1576 opportunitya1586 urgencec1592 urgency1611 clamorousnessa1617 pressingness1661 precariousness1666 supplicancy1728 beseechingness1863 imploringness1863 pleadingness1866 demandingness1930 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing necessityc1390 urgency1647 importance1740 demandc1790 stress1822 a1555 J. Bradford Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1661/1 The shortnes of tyme, and this sayd bringers importaunce is onely the let. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 7 At our importance hether is he come, To spread his colours boy, in thy behalfe. View more context for this quotation 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 43 [Stratonica] solicited him, and that with great importance, to select some beautifull ladie whom he best fancied. 1740 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 392 A Pinnace had passed by with Sails and Oars, and all the Appearance of Expedition and Importance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485
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