Importance Meaning
/ɪmˈpɔːtəns/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
nounsignificance or prominence.
Sentence Examples
Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.
I hadn't recognized the importance of this document until you told me about it.
She stressed the importance of careful preparation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of wearing seatbelts is shown by the fact that they save thousands of lives each year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He stressed the vital ____ of regular physical exercise for maintaining good long-term health.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life."
— 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of wearing seatbelts is shown by the fact that they save thousands of lives each year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He stressed the vital ____ of regular physical exercise for maintaining good long-term health.