importance
UK/ɪmˈpɔːtəns/
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Australia/ɪmˈpoːtəns/
importance noun: the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
Noun
importance (countable and uncountable, plural importances)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- substance
- significance or prominence.
- personal status or standing.
- 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
importance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
importance in Hindi
- quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- महत्त्व mahattva, ज़रूरत zarūrat, अहमियत ahmiyat
- significance or prominence
- प्रमुखता pramukhtā
importance in Tamil
- quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- முக்கியத்துவம் mukkiyattuvam
importance in Marathi
- importance, significance
- महत्त्व mahattva
importance in Urdu
- quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- اہمیت
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- importance in Bengali
- গুরুত্ব gurutto, দাম dam
- importance in Telugu
- ప్రముఖత pramukhata, ప్రముఖత్వము pramukhatvamu, ప్రాధాన్యం prādhānyaṁ
- importance in Malayalam
- പ്രാധാന്യം prādhānyaṁ
- importance in Kannada
- ಪೆರ್ಮೆ, ಹೆಚ್ಚುಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಆಸುರ, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಕೆ
- importance in Punjabi
- ਕਦਰ kadar
- importance in Gujarati
- મહત્ત્વ mahattva, વિસાત visāt
- importance in Odia
- ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱ, ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱ
- importance in Sanskrit
- गौरव gaurava
- importance in Assamese
- গুৰুত্ব gurutto
- importance in Nepali
- महत्त्व
- importance in Pashto
- ارزښت arzə́x̌t
- importance in Arabic
- أَهَمِّيَّة ʔahammiyya
- importance in Persian
- اهمیت ahammiyyat
Examples of importance in a sentence
- The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
- The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
- Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
Synonyms of importance
Forms of importance
| plural | importances |
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Origin of importance
From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.
Words formed from importance
Questions about importance
- What does importance mean?
- Importance means the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
- What is importance in Hindi?
- Importance in Hindi is महत्त्व (mahattva), ज़रूरत (zarūrat), अहमियत (ahmiyat). See Importance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is importance?
- Importance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce importance?
- Importance is pronounced /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of importance?
- The plural of importance is importances.
Words near importance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: importance (page history and authors); महत्त्व (Marathi) (page history and authors); গুরুত্ব (Bengali) (page history and authors); ప్రముఖత (Telugu) (page history and authors); importance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਦਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); મહત્ત્વ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); importance (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); गौरव (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); গুৰুত্ব (Assamese) (page history and authors); importance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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