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[ noun ] the quality of being important and worthy of note
Examples "the importance of a well-balanced diet" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Whether considered alone or in_relation_to other editions , COLH 40 is a document of prime importance . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The backbend is of extreme importance to any form of free gymnastics , and , as with all acrobatics , the sooner begun the better the results . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Though it may exist in either literate or illiterate societies , it assumes a role of true cultural importance only in the latter . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)If he attaches little importance to personal liberty , why not make this known to the world ? (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)The importance of the inorganic constituents in hard surface cleaning has been emphasized in a number of papers . |
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[ noun ] a prominent status
Synonyms Examples "a person of importance" Used in print (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Back_and_forth Duclos had_to go , between M._de_Cury and Jean_Jacques and between the Duke_d'Aumont and Jean_Jacques again , as his little operetta , The_Village_Soothsayer , though still unperformed , took_on ever more importance . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I think you could have heard him a mile away , and he was bursting at every seam with importance . |
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