importance

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
  2. noun a prominent status

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
value
Narrower (hyponyms)
significance, prominence, big deal, magnitude, account, weight
Opposite (antonyms)
unimportance

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