Importance

//ɪmˈpɔːtəns//

Synonyms for "importance" (115 found)

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Noun(1 words)
grandness

Related words (57)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

114 translations across 54 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • rëndësi noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • rëndësia noun (significance or prominence)

Arabic

1 entries
  • أَهَمِّيَّة noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • əhəmiyyət noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • әһәмиәт noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Basque

1 entries
  • garrantzi noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ва́жност noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • значе́ние noun (significance or prominence)

Catalan

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  • importància noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • گرنگی noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • گرنگی noun (significance or prominence)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 重要 noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • 重要 noun (significance or prominence)

Czech

1 entries
  • důležitost noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Danish

2 entries
  • betydning noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • vigtighed noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Dutch

2 entries
  • belang noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • belangrijkheid noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • graveco noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tähtsus noun (significance or prominence)

Finnish

3 entries
  • painoarvo noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • tärkeys noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • tärkeys noun (significance or prominence)

French

1 entries
  • importance noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Galician

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  • importancia noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მნიშვნელობა noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

German

3 entries
  • Belang noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • Wichtigkeit noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • Wichtigkeit noun (significance or prominence)

Greek

1 entries
  • σημασία noun (significance or prominence)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • enpòtans noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अहमियत noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • ज़रूरत noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • प्रमुखता noun (significance or prominence)
  • महत्त्व noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • fontosság noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • mikilvægi noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Irish

2 entries
  • tábhacht noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • tábhacht noun (significance or prominence)

Italian

2 entries
  • importanza noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • importanza noun (significance or prominence)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 名声 noun (personal status or standing)
  • 大切さ noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • 大切さ noun (significance or prominence)
  • 重要性 noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សារៈសំខាន់ noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Latin

1 entries
  • momentum noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Latvian

4 entries
  • nozimība noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • nozimība noun (significance or prominence)
  • svarīgums noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • svarīgums noun (significance or prominence)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • важност noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പ്രാധാന്യം noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • പ്രാധാന്യം noun (significance or prominence)

Māori

4 entries
  • hiranga noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • hiranga noun (significance or prominence)
  • mahurangi noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • mahurangi noun (personal status or standing)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • giringî noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Occitan

1 entries
  • importància noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ارزښت noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Persian

2 entries
  • اهمیت noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • اهمیت noun (significance or prominence)

Polish

2 entries
  • doniosłość noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • ważność noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • importância noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • importância noun (significance or prominence)
  • status noun (personal status or standing)

Romanian

3 entries
  • importanță noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • importanță noun (significance or prominence)
  • însemnătate noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Russian

2 entries
  • ва́жность noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • зна́чимость noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cudrom noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • cudrom noun (significance or prominence)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vážnōst noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • vážnōst noun (significance or prominence)
  • znáčēnje noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • znáčēnje noun (significance or prominence)

Spanish

1 entries
  • importancia noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Swahili

3 entries
  • umuhimu noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • umuhimu noun (significance or prominence)
  • umuhimu noun (personal status or standing)

Swedish

4 entries
  • betydelse noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • ställning noun (personal status or standing)
  • vikt noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • vikt noun (significance or prominence)

Tamil

1 entries
  • முக்கியத்துவம் noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • གཙིགས noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • གཙིགས noun (significance or prominence)
  • གལ་གནད noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • གལ་གནད noun (significance or prominence)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ehemmiyet noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • önem noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • важли́вість noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اہمیت noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • ahamiyat noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • וויכטיקייט noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • וויכטיקייט noun (significance or prominence)

Zulu

2 entries
  • ubukhulu noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
  • ukubaluleka noun (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)

Sample sentences

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Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.

Source: tatoeba (1749)

Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.

Source: tatoeba (2280)

I hadn't recognized the importance of this document until you told me about it.

Source: tatoeba (17696)

It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of education.

Source: tatoeba (19126)

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