important

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French important, from Latin importans

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/, /ɪmˈpɔː.tn̩t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔɹtənt/, /ɪmˈpɔɹʔn̩t/
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Adjective[edit]

important (comparative more important, superlative most important)

  1. Having relevant and crucial value.
    It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.
    • 1893, Walter Besant, “Prologue”, in The Ivory Gate:
      Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, The China Governess[1]:
      The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
    • 1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son:
      For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.
    • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 3: 
      In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

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Catalan[edit]

Adjective[edit]

important m, f (masculine and feminine plural importants)

  1. important

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French[edit]

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important m (feminine importante, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantes)

  1. important
    Il est important de se brosser les dents.
    It is important to brush your teeth.
  2. significant
    Une partie importante des votes
    A significant part of the votes.

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Verb[edit]

important

  1. Present participle of importer.

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

important

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of importō

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French important

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important 4 nom/acc forms

  1. important

Declension[edit]

declension of important
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite important importantă importanți importante
definite importantul importanta importanții importantele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite important importante importanți importante
definite importantului importantei importanților importantelor
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