Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

    Wichtigkeit, Belang

    ва́жностьvážnostʹ, зна́чимостьznáčimostʹ

    важли́вістьvažlývistʹ

    the quality of being important and worthy of note

  2. (countable, uncountable)Significance or prominence.

    Wichtigkeit

  3. (countable, uncountable)Personal status or standing.

    a prominent status

  4. (countable, uncountable)Something of importance.

Examples

291 sentences
  1. We are fully aware of the importance of the situation.

    Ми повністю усвідомлюємо усю важливість ситуації.

    ruМы полностью сознаём важность ситуации.

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  2. The importance of music is underrated.

    Важливість музики недооцінюють.

    ruВажность музыки недооценивают.

    deDie Wichtigkeit der Musik wird unterbewertet.

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  3. She emphasized the importance of education.

    Вона наголосила на важливості освіти.

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  4. This matter is of great importance.

    ruЭтот вопрос очень важен.

    deDiese Angelegenheit ist von großer Wichtigkeit.

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  5. It's a matter of genuine importance.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being important or worthy of note:
Русский
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being important or worthy of note:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being important or worthy of note:

Origin

From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin import

From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.

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Forms

plural: importances
Singularimportance
Pluralimportances

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the importance of
  • of great importance
  • great importance

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
importance — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto