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US
/ˌɪmˈpɔɹtəns/
]
[ UK /ɪmpˈɔːtəns/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpˈɔːtəns/ ]
NOUN
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a prominent status
a person of importance -
the quality of being important and worthy of note
the importance of a well-balanced diet
How To Use importance In A Sentence
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- To say the Church was "forced" into these decisions is to abnegate the importance of free will, which is an essential element of Catholic dogma. Is That Legal?: Feel-Good History for the Paranoid Catholic: A Review of Thomas Woods' "How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization"
- Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do.
- We consult to the media about canopy questions, we have a canopy newsletter, we have an email LISTSERV, and so we're trying to disseminate information about the importance of the canopy, the beauty of the canopy, the necessity of intact canopies, to people outside of academia. Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy
- Despite the inherent inexactness of reproduction cost estimates, he insisted that their economic importance was such that they could not be ignored when they markedly differed from actual cost figures.
- We close by stressing the importance of implementing effective, efficient and multipliable small group collaborative learning environments online.
- The politically astute know all about the importance of reputation management. Times, Sunday Times
- The importance of a good one can be gauged by the fact that there are now many people who prepare CVs for other people as a business. Say Goodbye to Debt
- In the absence of a clear express intent to abrogate rights and obligations - rights of the highest importance to the individual - those rights remain in force.
- Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. George Washington