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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being important and worthy of note;
- Example: "the importance of a well-balanced diet"

2. a prominent status;
- Example: "a person of importance"
[syn: importance, grandness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Importance \Im*por"tance\, n. [F. importance. See Important.]
   1. The quality or state of being important; consequence;
      weight; moment; significance.
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            Thy own importance know,
            Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. --Pope.
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   2. Subject; matter. [Obs.]
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            Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
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            The wisest beholder could not say if the importance
            were joy or sorrow.                   --Shak.
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   4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.]
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            At our importance hither is he come.  --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

importance
    n 1: the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the
         importance of a well-balanced diet" [ant: unimportance]
    2: a prominent status; "a person of importance" [syn:
       importance, grandness]