importance | | |
n. (attribute) | 1. importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| ~ value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ big deal | anything of great importance or consequence. |
| ~ magnitude | relative importance.; "a problem of the first magnitude" |
| ~ account | importance or value.; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance" |
| ~ momentousness | utmost importance. |
| ~ prominence | relative importance. |
| ~ greatness, illustriousness | the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence. |
| ~ significance | the quality of being significant.; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" |
| ~ essentiality, essentialness | basic importance. |
| ~ urgency | pressing importance requiring speedy action.; "the urgency of his need" |
| ~ weightiness, weight | the relative importance granted to something.; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" |
n. (state) | 2. grandness, importance | a prominent status.; "a person of importance" |
| ~ standing | social or financial or professional status or reputation.; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" |
| ~ emphasis, accent | special importance or significance.; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" |
| ~ primacy | the state of being first in importance. |
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