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Importance is the state of being greatly significant. If you're invited to your cousin's wedding and your friend's circus-themed birthday party on the same day, you'll have to decide which event has more importance to you.

Something or someone that is particularly notable can also be referred to with the noun importance. The historic and symbolic importance of the "Declaration of Independence" means that most kids learn about it in history class. In your history class, you'll also learn about the people who had positions of importance in drafting the "Declaration," like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

DEFINITIONS OF: importance

n the quality of being important and worthy of note

“the importance of a well-balanced diet”

Antonyms:: unimportance
the quality of not being important or worthy of note

Types:: show 18 types...; hide 18 types...; big deal
anything of great importance or consequence; magnitude
relative importance; account
importance or value; momentousness
utmost importance; prominence
relative importance; greatness, illustriousness
the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence; significance
the quality of being significant; essentiality, essentialness
basic importance; urgency
pressing importance requiring speedy action; weight, weightiness
the relative importance granted to something; extensiveness, largeness
large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; historicalness
significance owing to its history; meaningfulness
the quality of having great value or significance; consequence, import, moment
having important effects or influence; vitalness
the quality of being essential to maintain life; indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness
the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without; edge, sharpness
the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; imperativeness, instancy
the quality of being insistent

Type of:: value
the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

n a prominent status

“a person of importance”

Synonyms:: grandness

Types:: accent, emphasis
special importance or significance; primacy
the state of being first in importance; focus, stress
special emphasis attached to something

Type of:: standing
social or financial or professional status or reputation

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