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Definition of importance in English: importancenoun ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nsɪmˈpɔrtns mass nounThe state or fact of being of great significance or value. the importance of a good education an issue of great importance Example sentencesExamples - It is right that if work of this importance is to be carried out, it should be done properly.
- There was no importance placed on the way you look, because that was not the way you were going to get by.
- I want to write. I want to be able to spend a day doing nothing of any real importance.
- It is always the case that only in a player's absence do we get a true idea of their importance to the team.
- The importance of this question has been acknowledged on all sides in the present case.
- But her parents always emphasised the importance of higher education to their four children.
- How can an organisation of this size and importance be allowed to get away with this?
- Costumes and furniture have as much importance as what is spoken at dinner tables.
- The celebration of this festival shows the importance given to tradition in our religion.
- The importance of things can be measured by the amount of time we're willing to give them.
- On the whole it is clear that my field trip was of huge importance for my research.
- Take one problem and break it down into parts, ranking them in order of importance.
- Music lost its importance and he even sold some of his guitars to pay for his habit.
- The issue is of such importance that it should be dealt with at this early stage.
- His long dark hair fell loose down his back and his purple robes showed his great importance.
- The best way to silence anybody puffed up with their own importance is to laugh at them.
- Most buildings of importance were pulverised and much of the city is still a ruin.
- A great importance is attached to relaxation techniques that might help a person tensed due to chronic stressful life style.
- This is a subject that is very important to some, and has no importance in the mind of others.
- Their own passion and commitment to achieve all odds has been of great importance to me.
Synonyms significance, momentousness, import, consequence, note, noteworthiness, substance, value seriousness, graveness, gravity, weightiness, urgency power, influence, authority, sway, weight, dominance prominence, eminence, pre-eminence, notability, worth, account prestige, high rank, status, standing, stature, superiority, mark, fame, renown, greatness, grandness informal clout, pull
Phrases full of one's own importance Having a very high opinion of oneself; self-important. the butler was a gentleman full of his own importance Example sentencesExamples - Some were engaging, others pompous, and yet others far too full of their own importance.
- All afternoon he's successfully impersonated a man who's not hurried, not ruffled, and not full of his own importance.
- He accused local Councillors of not having a clue and being full of their own importance.
- They don't need some literary twit full of his own importance to tell them ‘You're too common to describe the world for yourself; better let me do it for you.’
- He is so full of his own importance that he has published a book explaining how heroic, free-thinking people like himself are superior to the conformist masses.
- Watching her outside the house, she seems a bit, well, full of her own importance as though everything she says matters, even though, frankly, it doesn't.
- He is someone full of his own importance who wants you to think his time is more precious than yours.
- She is audaciously arrogant, completely full of her own importance, and tears into everyone around her: ‘If I can't keep the manor, I want it to go to one of us.'
- You seem awfully full of your own importance around girls sometimes.
- Myres is so full of his own importance he is incapable of making a sincere apology.
Origin Early 16th century: from French, from medieval Latin importantia, from important- 'being of consequence', from the verb importare (see import). Definition of importance in US English: importancenounimˈpôrtnsɪmˈpɔrtns The state or fact of being of great significance or value. the importance of democracy the relative importances of the external and internal causes Example sentencesExamples - Most buildings of importance were pulverised and much of the city is still a ruin.
- Take one problem and break it down into parts, ranking them in order of importance.
- Music lost its importance and he even sold some of his guitars to pay for his habit.
- I want to write. I want to be able to spend a day doing nothing of any real importance.
- The issue is of such importance that it should be dealt with at this early stage.
- The importance of this question has been acknowledged on all sides in the present case.
- This is a subject that is very important to some, and has no importance in the mind of others.
- Their own passion and commitment to achieve all odds has been of great importance to me.
- But her parents always emphasised the importance of higher education to their four children.
- There was no importance placed on the way you look, because that was not the way you were going to get by.
- His long dark hair fell loose down his back and his purple robes showed his great importance.
- It is right that if work of this importance is to be carried out, it should be done properly.
- How can an organisation of this size and importance be allowed to get away with this?
- The importance of things can be measured by the amount of time we're willing to give them.
- It is always the case that only in a player's absence do we get a true idea of their importance to the team.
- Costumes and furniture have as much importance as what is spoken at dinner tables.
- A great importance is attached to relaxation techniques that might help a person tensed due to chronic stressful life style.
- On the whole it is clear that my field trip was of huge importance for my research.
- The celebration of this festival shows the importance given to tradition in our religion.
- The best way to silence anybody puffed up with their own importance is to laugh at them.
Synonyms significance, momentousness, import, consequence, note, noteworthiness, substance, value power, influence, authority, sway, weight, dominance
Phrases full of one's own importance Having a very high opinion of oneself; self-important. Example sentencesExamples - Watching her outside the house, she seems a bit, well, full of her own importance as though everything she says matters, even though, frankly, it doesn't.
- She is audaciously arrogant, completely full of her own importance, and tears into everyone around her: ‘If I can't keep the manor, I want it to go to one of us.'
- He is so full of his own importance that he has published a book explaining how heroic, free-thinking people like himself are superior to the conformist masses.
- Some were engaging, others pompous, and yet others far too full of their own importance.
- All afternoon he's successfully impersonated a man who's not hurried, not ruffled, and not full of his own importance.
- He is someone full of his own importance who wants you to think his time is more precious than yours.
- They don't need some literary twit full of his own importance to tell them ‘You're too common to describe the world for yourself; better let me do it for you.’
- You seem awfully full of your own importance around girls sometimes.
- He accused local Councillors of not having a clue and being full of their own importance.
- Myres is so full of his own importance he is incapable of making a sincere apology.
Origin Early 16th century: from French, from medieval Latin importantia, from important- ‘being of consequence’, from the verb importare (see import). |