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importance

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)ns/

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Definition of importance

noun

[mass noun]
  • the state or fact of being of great significance or value:the importance of a good education an issue of great importance

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

Origin:

early 16th century: from French, from medieval Latin importantia, from important- 'being of consequence', from the verb importare (see import)

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