1. The quality of being important and worthy of note
   "the importance of a well-balanced diet" 
2. A prominent status
   "a person of importance"
   - grandness

Derived forms: importances

See also: important, unimportant

Type of: standing, value

Antonym: unimportance

Encyclopedia: Importance

• hypercalcinuria
• hypercalciuria
• hypercapnia
• hypercarbia
• hypercatalectic
• hypercellularity
• hypercholesteremia
• hypercholesterolemia
• hyperchromic anaemia
• hyperchromic anemia
• hypercoaster
• hypercritical
• hypercritically
• hypercriticism
• hyperdactyly
• hyperemesis
• hyperemesis gravidarum
• hyperemia
• hyperemic
• hyperesthesia
• hyperextend
• hyperextension
• hyperfine
• hyperfocal distance
• hyperglycaemia