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- pronunciation:
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por
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 ns
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the state of being important; significance or consequence.
- antonyms:
- insignificance, unimportance
- similar words:
- account, consequence, emphasis, gravity, import, magnitude, moment, pith, significance, weight
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| definition 2: |
important standing; status.
He holds a position of importance.- similar words:
- consequence, note, prestige
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| related words: |
depth, estimation, meaning, point, value, worth |
adjective + (n.)importance
aware,
central,
considerable,
continued,
continuing,
critical,
crucial,
ecological,
equal,
fundamental,
great,
growing,
historical,
immense,
increased,
increasing,
lesser,
paramount,
particular,
perceived,
practical,
primary,
relative,
secondary,
strategic,
symbolic,
theoretical,
utmost,
vital
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verb + (n.)importance
acknowledge,
affirm,
appreciate,
assess,
assign,
assume,
attach,
demonstrate,
diminish,
discuss,
downplay,
educate,
elevate,
emphasize,
exaggerate,
grasp,
highlight,
illustrate,
minimize,
overestimate,
overlook,
overstate,
place,
rank,
rate,
reaffirm,
realize,
recognize,
reinforce,
reiterate,
stress,
underestimate,
underline,
underscore,
understand
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(n.)importance
+ verb
attribute
noun + (n.)importance
appreciation, awareness, belief, emphasis, finding, matter, order, perception, rating, recognition, topic, understanding
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The word importance
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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