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importance

  • /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/ Northern England, UK, Wales
  • /ɪmˈpoːtəns/ Australia, British, Southern
  • /ɪmˈpoɹtəns/ Canada, US
  • [-ʔn̩s] Canada, US
  • /əmˈpoːtəns/ New Zealand
  • /ɪmˈpoɾtəns/ Scotland
  • /ɪmˈpoːtəns/
  • /ɪmˈpɒtəns/ Eastern New England
  • /ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/

Where it comes from

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

noun importances

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note. The recording speed is also of importance in detecting flutters of high frequency.

    Similar: substance

  2. countable, uncountable significance or prominence.
  3. countable, uncountable personal status or standing.
  4. countable, uncountable 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grandness, significance, meaningful, importantly, important, imperative, crucial, significant, salience, relevant, relevance, emphasis, priority, momentous, salient, substantial

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noun quality or condition of being important or worthy of note

Españolimportancia
日本語重要性 jyūyōsei, 大切さ taisetsusa
中文重要 zhòngyào
हिन्दीमहत्त्व mahattva, ज़रूरत zarūrat, अहमियत ahmiyat
Kiswahiliumuhimu
Portuguêsimportância
Françaisimportance
DeutschWichtigkeit, Belang
Italianoimportanza
Românăimportanță, însemnătate
Русскийва́жность vážnostʹ, зна́чимость znáčimostʹ
العربيةأَهَمِّيَّة ʔahammiyya

noun significance or prominence

日本語重要性 jyūyōsei, 大切さ taisetsusa
中文重要 zhòngyào
हिन्दीप्रमुखता pramukhtā
Kiswahiliumuhimu
Portuguêsimportância
DeutschWichtigkeit
Italianoimportanza
Ελληνικάσημασία simasía
Românăimportanță

noun personal status or standing

日本語名声 meisei
Kiswahiliumuhimu
Portuguêsstatus

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"importance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/importance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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importance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/importance

Chicago

"importance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/importance.

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@misc{importance_2026,
  title = {importance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/importance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}