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Important   /ɪmpˈɔrtənt/   Listen
Important

adjective
1.
Of great significance or value.  Synonym: of import.  "The important questions of the day"
2.
Important in effect or meaning.  Synonym: significant.  "A significant change in the Constitution" , "A significant contribution" , "Significant details" , "Statistically significant"
3.
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis.  Synonym: crucial.  "A crucial election" , "A crucial issue for women"
4.
Having authority or ascendancy or influence.  Synonym: authoritative.  "The captain's authoritative manner"
5.
Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position.  "Took long important strides in the direction of his office"



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"Important" Quotes from Famous Books



... in three hours; it is a prosperous place of 13,000 inhabitants, to the north-east of Majaijai. A year after my visit it burnt to the ground. The agricultural produce of the district is not very important, owing to the mountainous nature of the country; but considerable industrial activity prevails there. The inhabitants weave fine straw hats from the fibre of the leaf of the buri palm-tree (corypha sp.), manufacture pandanus mats, and carry on a profitable ...
— The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes • Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas. Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow.
... if the waverings of the Government were to be explained, the task would be a hard one. In our opinion, they may be ascribed to different causes, the more important factor being the opinion of the King himself; but ...
— Current History, A Monthly Magazine - The European War, March 1915 • New York Times
... XIV. The shelter described is a very early form and is important as a step in the evolution of shelter. The remains found give ample evidence that such a form was adopted by the Cave-men ...
— The Later Cave-Men • Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
... of a scientific language, 'that every word shall have one meaning well defined,' is too exacting for popular language; because the other chief requisite of scientific language cannot be complied with, 'that there be no important meaning without a name.' 'Important meanings,' or what seem such, are too numerous to be thus provided for; and new ones are constantly arising, as each of us pursues his business or his pleasure, his meditations or the excursions of his fancy. It is impossible to have a separate ...
— Logic - Deductive and Inductive • Carveth Read
... No, no objection exactly. Provided it is understood that my son is altogether dependent on me, and that I have to be consulted in any important step ...
— Man And Superman • George Bernard Shaw


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