importance
//ɪmˈpɔːtəns//
formalForms
- Plural
- importances
Definitions
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.
2.significance or prominence.
3.personal status or standing.
4.Something of importance.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1777
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia.
By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.