Importance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Importance	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
importance n the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" Antonym(s): unimportance a prominent status; "a person of importance" Synonym(s): importance, grandness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Importance \Impor"tance\, n. [F. importance. See {Important}.] 1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance* know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. --Pope. 2. Subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. --Shak. 3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. --Shak. 4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. --Shak.