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importances

importances is the plural of importance.

Meaning of importance

Noun

importance (countable and uncountable, plural importances)

  1. 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
  2. significance or prominence.
  3. personal status or standing.
  4. 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

Questions about importances

What is importances the plural of?
Importances is the plural of importance.

Words near importances in the dictionary

  1. importability
  2. importable
  3. importables
  4. importably
  5. importance
  6. importances
  7. importancies
  8. importancy
  9. important
  10. important bird area
  11. important bird areas

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