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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. of great significance or value;
- Example: "important people"
- Example: "the important questions of the day"
[syn: important, of import]

2. important in effect or meaning;
- Example: "a significant change in tax laws"
- Example: "a significant change in the Constitution"
- Example: "a significant contribution"
- Example: "significant details"
- Example: "statistically significant"
[syn: significant, important]

3. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis;
- Example: "a crucial moment in his career"
- Example: "a crucial election"
- Example: "a crucial issue for women"
[syn: crucial, important]

4. having authority or ascendancy or influence;
- Example: "an important official"
- Example: "the captain's authoritative manner"
[syn: authoritative, important]

5. having or suggesting a consciousness of high position;
- Example: "recited the decree with an important air"
- Example: "took long important strides in the direction of his office"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Important \Im*por"tant\, a. [F. important. See Import, v. t.]
   1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great
      interests; restless; anxious. [Obs.]
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            Thou hast strength as much
            As serves to execute a mind very important.
                                                  --Chapman.
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   2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable
      content or bearing; significant; weighty.
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            Things small as nothing . . .
            He makes important.                   --Shak.
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   3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obs.]
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            He fiercely at him flew,
            And with important outrage him assailed. --Spenser.
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   4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] --Shak.

   Syn: Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary;
        considerable; influential; serious.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

important
    adj 1: of great significance or value; "important people"; "the
           important questions of the day" [syn: important, of
           import] [ant: unimportant]
    2: important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax
       laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a
       significant contribution"; "significant details";
       "statistically significant" [syn: significant, important]
       [ant: insignificant, unimportant]
    3: of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis;
       "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a
       crucial issue for women" [syn: crucial, important] [ant:
       noncrucial]
    4: having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important
       official"; "the captain's authoritative manner" [syn:
       authoritative, important]
    5: having or suggesting a consciousness of high position;
       "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long
       important strides in the direction of his office"