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important [ im·por·tant ]

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ɪmˈpɔːrtnt ]
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ɪmˈpɔːtnt ]
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Adjective

1. Of great significance or value.

it is important to avoid monosyllabic answers

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2. (of a person) having high rank or status.

Suffice it to say that a very important person passed through my life this weekend.

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3. (of an artist or artistic work) significantly original and influential.

writers as important as Hopkins

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Origin

1. Late Middle English from medieval Latin important- ‘being of consequence’, from the verb importare (see import).

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