importance

  • 1importance — [ ɛ̃pɔrtɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1361; it. importanza, du lat. importare → 2. importer 1 ♦ Caractère de ce qui est important. ⇒ intérêt. Mesurer l importance d un événement. ⇒ dimension, gravité, portée. « Ces questions de langage me paraissent de haute… …

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  • 2importance — importance, consequence, moment, weight, significance, import are comparable when they denote the quality or the character or the state of someone or something that impresses others as of great or sometimes eminent worth, value, or influence.… …

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  • 3Importance — is a notion of ecommerce (and other) systems that use a combination of user contribution and viewer ranking to determine a contributors value. A contributor who writes 1,000 product reviews but has them all ranked negatively by the viewing… …

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  • 4Importance — Im*por tance, n. [F. importance. See {Important}.] 1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. [1913 Webster] Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5importance — UK US /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/ noun [U] ► the quality of being important: »Some managers acknowledge the importance of balancing work and family, and believe it necessary to design specific policies …

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  • 6importance — (n.) c.1500, from M.Fr. importance or directly from M.L. importantia, from importantem (see IMPORTANT (Cf. important)) …

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  • 7importance — [n1] significance, weight accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness,… …

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  • 8importance — I noun concern, concernment, consequence, distinction, eminence, emphasis, essentiality, fame, grandeur, gravity, greatness, import, influence, irreplaceability, magnitude, mark, materiality, materialness, memorability, memorableness, merit,… …

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  • 9importance — (in por tan s ) s. f. 1°   État de ce qui importe, de ce qui a un grand intérêt, de ce qui est considérable. •   L importance d ailleurs de ce dernier service [le meurtre de Pompée] Ne permet pas d en craindre [de César] une entière injustice,… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 10importance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cardinal, central, considerable, critical, crucial, enormous, extreme, fundamental, great, high, immense …

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