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Important

//ɪmˈpɔː.tənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having relevant and crucial value; having import.

    "We thought it important for there to be a fire escape at the back of every building."

  2. 2
    Pompous; self-important. obsolete

    ""[…] It is a match that must give universal satisfaction. In short, it is a kind of thing that"—lowering his voice to an important whisper—"will be exceedingly welcome to all parties." Recollecting himself, however, he added, "That is, I mean to say—your friends are all truly anxious to see you well settled; Fanny particularly […]""

Adjective
  1. 1
    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis wordnet
  2. 2
    of great significance or value wordnet
  3. 3
    having or suggesting a consciousness of high position wordnet
  4. 4
    having authority or ascendancy or influence wordnet
  5. 5
    important in effect or meaning wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English heah and hefig.

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