Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Strongly affecting the course of events or the nature of things; significant.
- adjective Having high social rank or influence; prominent.
- adjective Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position or authority; authoritative.
- adjective Obsolete Importunate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of much import; bearing weight or consequence; momentous; grave; significant.
- Consequential; pretentious; pompous: as, an important manner.
- [Appar. confused with importunate. Cf.
importunate , 1.] Importunate; eager; pressing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.
- adjective Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.
- adjective obsolete Bearing on; forcible; driving.
- adjective obsolete Importunate; pressing; urgent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
relevant andcrucial value.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having authority or ascendancy or influence
- adjective having or suggesting a consciousness of high position
- adjective of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- adjective of great significance or value
- adjective important in effect or meaning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This approach to community policing and its focus on dealing with low level crime is important and over the last 40 years the direction of the police, particularly in London has oscillated between the ‘Bobby on the beat’ and dealing with the big, ’important’ crimes that the Police Federation and John Denham Chair of the Home Office Select Committee seem to want them to go back to pursuing.
The trouble with targets | Jo Christie-Smith Jo Christie-Smith 2007
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The occasion, by the way, need not be really important, but, as in this imaginary case of the boil, if it _seems important_ to the woman, irritation will outweigh the physical sensation. "
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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So-and-so was always a name important enough for her to recognize, and he always said it in a sort of fake bored way that irritated her.
Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003
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So-and-so was always a name important enough for her to recognize, and he always said it in a sort of fake bored way that irritated her.
Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003
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So-and-so was always a name important enough for her to recognize, and he always said it in a sort of fake bored way that irritated her.
Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003
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Asked about the hearings, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the White House welcomes congressional participation on what he called an important issue.
Congressman Vows to Continue Controversial Islamic Radicalization Hearings 2011
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Whether his a guess or registered the important is the contribution of his comment ..
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Asked about the hearings, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the White House welcomes congressional participation on what he called an important issue.
Congressman Vows to Continue Controversial Islamic Radicalization Hearings 2011
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Were you surprised at what they defined as important issues?
Anthea Raymond: New LA Times Column Watchdogs Local Goverment Anthea Raymond 2010
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That's what I call important information for making an intelligent decision in choosing whether to support a candidate or not.
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Don't tell me a literary work is important. Don't do it.
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It's important to use the word important. People want to know about important things and it's a word that grabs the reader's attention. And that's important!
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