important definition
Overview
This page has 9 definitions of important with English translations in 6 languages. Important is an adjective and verb. Examples of how to use important in a sentence are shown. Also define these 8 related words and terms: relevant, crucial, pompous, self-important, important, significant, importer, and importo.
See also: împortant
English important definition
Etymology
From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔɹtənt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹtənt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpoətənt/
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Adjective
important (comparative more important, superlative most important)
- Having relevant and crucial value.
- It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.
- 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619, page 6:
- Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 249:
- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
- 1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son:
- For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.
- 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
- In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
- (obsolete) Pompous; self-important.
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility: A Novel. In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for the author, by C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 20599507, page 206:
- " […] 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 […] "
Self-Important definition
Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
Synonyms
- significant
- weighty
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Translations
having relevant and crucial value
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Catalan important definition
Pronunciation
Adjective
important (masculine and feminine plural importants)
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Further reading
- “important” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “important” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “important” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “important” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French important definition
Pronunciation
Adjective
important (feminine singular importante, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantes)
- important
- Il est important de se brosser les dents.
- It is important to brush your teeth.
- significant
- Une partie importante des votes
- A significant number of the votes
Derived terms
Verb
important
Further reading
- “important” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin important definition
Verb
important
- third-person plural present active indicative of importō
Importo definition
first-person singular present indicative form of importar
Occitan important definition
Pronunciation
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Adjective
important m (feminine singular importanta, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantas)
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Romanian important definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
important m or n (feminine singular importantă, masculine plural importanți, feminine and neuter plural importante)
Declension
Declension of important
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | important | importantă | importanți | importante | ||
| definite | importantul | importanta | importanții | importantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | important | importante | importanți | importante | ||
| definite | importantului | importantei | importanților | importantelor | |||