Dictionary

importance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
• /ɪmˈpoɾtəns/ (Scotland)
• /ɪmˈpɒtəns/ (Eastern-New-England)
• /əmˈpoːtəns/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
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• /ɪmˈpoɹtəns/ (Canada, General-American)
• [-ʔn̩s] (Canada, General-American)
• /ɪmˈpoːtəns/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
• /ɪmˈpoːtəns/ Manchester, Wales without the merger

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
   • The recording speed is also of importance in detecting flutters of high frequency. 1985, Robert Kraus, The Practice of Echocardiography, page 143:
2. (countable, uncountable) significance or prominence.
3. (countable, uncountable) personal status or standing.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something of importance.
   • It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life. 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 5:

Forms

Deriveds

self-importance · nonimportance · unimportance · place importance on

Synonyms

substance

Translations (116)

sk dôležitosť (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · gl importancia (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sv betydelse (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sw umuhimu (personal status or standing) · fr importance (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ba әһәмиәт (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · de Belang (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · pt importância (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · el σημασία (significance or prominence) · hi अहमियत (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · hi प्रमुखता (significance or prominence) · gd cudrom (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ckb گرنگی (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · zu ubukhulu (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ro importanță (significance or prominence) · ja 重要性 (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · bo གལ་གནད (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · tr önem (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sv ställning (personal status or standing) · eu garrantzi (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · bg ва́жност (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · hi ज़रूरत (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ru зна́чимость (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ro însemnătate (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · lv svarīgums (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ja 大切さ (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh vážnōst (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · bo འགངས (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ml പ്രാധാന്യം (significance or prominence) · gd cudrom (significance or prominence) · ckb گرنگی (significance or prominence) · mi hiranga (significance or prominence) · sh vážnōst (significance or prominence) · bo གོ་འཕང (personal status or standing) · bg значе́ние (significance or prominence) · eo graveco (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ja 名声 (personal status or standing) · sh зна̏ча̄ј (significance or prominence) · uk важли́вість (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · bo གལ་གནད (significance or prominence) · km សារៈសំខាន់ (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ur اہمیت (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh znáčēnje (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh зна́че̄ње (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · tr ehemmiyet (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · is mikilvægi (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · zu ukubaluleka (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh znáčēnje (significance or prominence) · lv nozimība (significance or prominence) · da betydning (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · mk важност (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · it importanza (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh ва́жно̄ст (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sv vikt (significance or prominence) · nl belangrijkheid (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh ва́жно̄ст (significance or prominence) · kmr giringî (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · it importanza (significance or prominence) · pl ważność (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · et tähtsus (significance or prominence) · bo འགངས (significance or prominence) · bo གཙིགས (significance or prominence) · az əhəmiyyət (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · hu fontosság (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · mi mahurangi (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · lv svarīgums (significance or prominence) · fi tärkeys (significance or prominence) · da vigtighed (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · cmn 重要 (significance or prominence) · ru ва́жность (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ka მნიშვნელობა (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · fa اهمیت (significance or prominence) · ga tábhacht (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh znȁčāj (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ga tábhacht (significance or prominence) · sv vikt (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ps ارزښت (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · hi महत्त्व (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · de Wichtigkeit (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · pt status (personal status or standing) · es importancia (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ro importanță (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ht enpòtans (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sw umuhimu (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · lv nozimība (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · cmn 重要 (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ar أَهَمِّيَّة (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · bo གཙིགས (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · mi mahurangi (personal status or standing) · ja 重要性 (significance or prominence) · ja 大切さ (significance or prominence) · sq rëndësi (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · fi tärkeys (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ta முக்கியத்துவம் (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · pl doniosłość (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · lv svarīgums (personal status or standing) · sh зна̏ча̄ј (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · nl belang (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · oc importància (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · cs důležitost (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · az önəm (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · mi hiranga (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · yi וויכטיקייט (significance or prominence) · sw umuhimu (significance or prominence) · fa اهمیت (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ml പ്രാധാന്യം (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sh znȁčāj (significance or prominence) · yi וויכטיקייט (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · ca importància (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · sq rëndësia (significance or prominence) · sh зна́че̄ње (significance or prominence) · uz ahamiyat (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · de Wichtigkeit (significance or prominence) · la momentum (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · fi painoarvo (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) · pt importância (significance or prominence)