important
UK/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt//ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt/
important adjective: having relevant and crucial value; having import.
Adjective
important (comparative more important or (uncommon, nonstandard) importanter, superlative most important or (uncommon, nonstandard) importantest)
- Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
- We thought it important for there to be a fire escape at the back of every building.
- Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 6
- Pompous; self-important.
- "[…] It is a match that must give universal satisfaction. In short, it is a kind of thing that"—lowering his voice to an important whisper—"will be exceedingly welcome to all parties." Recollecting himself, however, he added, "That is, I mean to say—your friends are all truly anxious to see you...1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 206
important meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
important in Hindi
- having relevant and crucial value
- महत्वपूर्ण mahatvapūrṇ, अहम aham, ज़रूरी zarūrī
important in Tamil
- having relevant and crucial value
- முக்கியம் mukkiyam, பிரதானம் piratāṉam, பாரதூரம் pāratūram
important in Marathi
- important
- अगत्य agatya
- important; eminent
- प्रमुख pramukh
important in Urdu
- having relevant and crucial value
- اہم aham
More languagesFewer languages
- important in Bengali
- গুরুত্বপূর্ণ guruttopurno
- important in Telugu
- ముఖ్యమైన mukhyamaina
- important in Malayalam
- അതിപ്രധാനമായ atipradhānamāya, മുഖ്യമായ mukhyamāya, ഗൗരവമുള്ള gauravamuḷḷa, ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള uyaṟnna padaviyiluḷḷa
- important in Kannada
- ಮುಖ್ಯ mukhya
- important in Punjabi
- ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ mahattavpūran
- important in Gujarati
- મહત્ત્વનું, મહત્વપૂર્ણ, મહત્ત્વની
- important in Odia
- ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ gurutbapurṇṇa
- important in Sanskrit
- गुरु guru, अत्यावश्यक atyāvaśyaka
- important in Sinhala
- වැදගත් wædagat
- important in Nepali
- महत्वपूर्ण mahatvapūrṇa
- important in Pashto
- اړين əṛín
- important in Tagalog
- mahalagá
- important in Arabic
- مُهِمّ muhimm
- important in Malay
- penting
- important in Indonesian
- penting
- important in Persian
- مهم mohemm
- important in Thai
- สำคัญ sǎm-kan, เอ้ ây
- important in Vietnamese
- quan trọng, trọng yếu
- important in Myanmar
- အရေးကြီး a.re:kri:
Examples of important in a sentence
- She believes it is important to keep abreast of new scientific developments.
- His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.
- What are the most important metrics to track for your business?
Synonyms of important
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Forms of important
| comparative | more important |
|---|---|
| superlative | most important |
| comparative uncommon (nonstandard) | importanter |
| superlative uncommon (nonstandard) | importantest |
Origin of important
From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English hēah and hefiġ.
Words formed from important
Phrases with important
Questions about important
- What does important mean?
- Important means having relevant and crucial value; having import.
- What is important in Hindi?
- Important in Hindi is महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇ), अहम (aham), ज़रूरी (zarūrī). See Important meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is important?
- Important is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce important?
- Important is pronounced /ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/ (UK).
Words near important in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: important (page history and authors); अगत्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); important (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اړين (Pashto) (page history and authors). 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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