Meanings
nounimportance (countable and uncountable, plural importances)
plural importances
- countableuncountablesignificance or prominence.
- countableuncountableSomething of importance.
It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life.
1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
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Origin
- Medieval Latinimportantia
- Middle Frenchimportance
- Middle Englishimportaunce
- Englishimportance
From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.
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Arabic أَهَمِّيَّة
- أَهَمِّيَّة (ʔahammiyya)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Basque garrantzi
- garrantziquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Bulgarian ва́жност, значе́ние
- ва́жност (vážnost)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- значе́ние (značénie)significance or prominence
Catalan importància
- importànciaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Chinese Mandarin 重要, 重要
- 重要 (zhòngyào)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- 重要 (zhòngyào)significance or prominence
Czech důležitost
- důležitostquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Danish vigtighed, betydning
- vigtighedquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- betydningquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Dutch belangrijkheid, belang
- belangrijkheidquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- belangquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Esperanto graveco
- gravecoquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Estonian tähtsus
- tähtsussignificance or prominence
Finnish tärkeys, painoarvo
- tärkeysquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- painoarvoquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- tärkeyssignificance or prominence
French importance
- importancequality or condition of being important or worthy of note
German Wichtigkeit, Belang
- Wichtigkeitquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- Belangquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- Wichtigkeitsignificance or prominence
Greek σημασία
- σημασία (simasía)significance or prominence
Hindi महत्त्व, ज़रूरत
- महत्त्व (mahattva)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- ज़रूरत (zarūrat)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- अहमियत (ahmiyat)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- प्रमुखता (pramukhtā)significance or prominence
Hungarian fontosság
- fontosságquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Icelandic mikilvægi
- mikilvægiquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Irish tábhacht, tábhacht
- tábhachtquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- tábhachtsignificance or prominence
Italian importanza, importanza
- importanzaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- importanzasignificance or prominence
Japanese 重要性, 大切さ
- 重要性 (jyūyōsei)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- 大切さ (taisetsusa)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- 重要性 (jyūyōsei)significance or prominence
- 大切さ (taisetsusa)significance or prominence
- 名声 (meisei)personal status or standing
Latin momentum
- momentumquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Latvian svarīgums, nozimība
- svarīgumsquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- nozimībaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- svarīgumssignificance or prominence
- nozimībasignificance or prominence
- svarīgumspersonal status or standing
Māori hiranga, mahurangi
- hirangaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- mahurangiquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- hirangasignificance or prominence
- mahurangipersonal status or standing
Persian اهمیت, اهمیت
- اهمیت (ahammiyyat)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- اهمیت (ahammiyyat)significance or prominence
Polish ważność, doniosłość
- ważnośćquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- doniosłośćquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Portuguese importância, importância
- importânciaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- importânciasignificance or prominence
- statuspersonal status or standing
Romanian importanță, însemnătate
- importanțăquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- însemnătatequality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- importanțăsignificance or prominence
Russian ва́жность, зна́чимость
- ва́жность (vážnostʹ)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- зна́чимость (znáčimostʹ)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Scottish Gaelic cudrom, cudrom
- cudromquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- cudromsignificance or prominence
Slovak dôležitosť
- dôležitosťquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Spanish importancia
- importanciaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Swahili umuhimu, umuhimu
- umuhimuquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- umuhimusignificance or prominence
- umuhimupersonal status or standing
Swedish vikt, betydelse
- viktquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- betydelsequality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- viktsignificance or prominence
- ställningpersonal status or standing
Tamil முக்கியத்துவம்
- முக்கியத்துவம் (mukkiyattuvam)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Turkish önem, ehemmiyet
- önemquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- ehemmiyetquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Ukrainian важли́вість
- важли́вість (važlývistʹ)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Urdu اہمیت
- اہمیتquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
Yiddish וויכטיקייט, וויכטיקייט
- וויכטיקייט (vikhtikeyt)quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- וויכטיקייט (vikhtikeyt)significance or prominence
Zulu ukubaluleka, ubukhulu
- ukubalulekaquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
- ubukhuluquality or condition of being important or worthy of note
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APA
importance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importance
MLA
“importance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “importance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importance.
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