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importance

(ɪmpɔːʳtəns )

1. uncountable noun B1+

The importance of something is its quality of being significant, valued, or necessary in a particular situation.

We have always stressed the importance of economic reform. [+ of]

Safety is of paramount importance.

Synonyms: significance, interest, concern, matter

2. uncountable noun B1+

Importance means having influence, power, or status.

Collocations:

central importance

Their needs were of central importance and would be met.

Why am I Afraid to Grieve (1994)

As with many leading schools, sport, music and the arts have central importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

One of the recurring themes in this book is that personal relationships are of central importance to happiness.

MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)

considerable importance

We would suggest that this is a finding of considerable importance.

Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)

China, along with other nations, attaches considerable political importance to the accumulation of medals.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

These spaces are of considerable importance for our native birds, insects, amphibians and mammals.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

crucial importance

Heathrow Airport is of crucial importance to the British economy.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Speed is of crucial importance in saving victims, who stand little chance after more than 15 minutes buried under snow.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Outside the big cities there are very few bookshops in the Middle East; hence the crucial importance of the book fairs.

The Times Literary Supplement (2010)

cultural importance

Unesco's World Heritage List contains 660 sites of cultural importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

We are committed to finding a solution that is sympathetic to the architectural and cultural importance of the site.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

The subject he discusses may be relatively minor, but his cultural importance is large.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

diminish the importance of

I don't want to diminish the importance of preaching.

Christianity Today (2000)

The fact that he seems to want to undermine you and diminish the importance of your job implies that he feels undermined and diminished himself.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

What the media thinks of me is, year on year, of diminishing importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

emphasize the importance of

Japanese culture emphasizes the importance of the group over the individual.

Sociology (1995)

Such a framework also emphasizes the importance of the child's own resilience or vulnerability to stresses.

The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)

Speaker after speaker emphasized the importance of authenticity, quality relationships, and new ways of doing church.

Christianity Today (2000)

enormous importance

His family was of enormous importance to him.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

This was a storm of enormous historical importance because it came Just as the Allies were about to launch the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Despite some initial opposition, the enormous importance of his discovery became almost universally accepted and he became famous.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

equal importance

Their needs, albeit different, are of equal importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

No doubt there will be other innovations of equal importance.

Infinite in All Directions (1989)

We are products of our biology and environment, both bearing equal importance.

Christianity Today (2000)

great importance

They announced that my father had carried out an act of great importance.

THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)

He always attached great importance to not looking eager for his own political advancement.

Truman (1986)

The meetings are of great importance for the continuation of our dialogue and cooperation.

Houston Chronicle (2090)

growing importance

The growing importance of specialist stores has also become apparent.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

The report underlines the growing importance of the energy sector to the economy.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

This reflects a downturn in other parts of the business, but also the growing importance of international growth.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

highlight the importance of

Their problems highlight the importance of diversifying your portfolio so you are not overly exposed to risks in any one company.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

It highlights the importance of shopping around since different agents will have different seat allocations.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

He said: 'We've highlighted the importance of having a squad and this is when it really comes into play'.

The Sun (2014)

historic importance

There are perhaps 1,000 houses of architectural and historic importance in this country.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Both men share a sense of the historic importance of today's meeting.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Buildings of historic importance can be sold, but new owners cannot make substantive changes to them without serious scrutiny.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

historical importance

The Church of England is the custodian of a large number of buildings of national and historical importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

This was a storm of enormous historical importance because it came Just as the Allies were about to launch the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

The house was full of instruments, many of them probably priceless, if not in financial terms then certainly in terms of their historical importance.

FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)

immense importance

But his book has immense importance to modern policymaking.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

The bicycle was of immense importance to the new middle class, with their days of leisure; it made them mobile and social.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

But the cattle shed turns out not to be a cattle shed at all, but a miniature 15th-century guild hall of immense historical importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

indicate the importance of

The generous interior woodwork and fir floors indicate the importance of the local lumber industry.

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The arms simply indicate the importance of fishing for the community.

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Two horse burials indicate the importance of the horse in other respects.

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That cash pile compares with a market capitalisation of about $4.4 billion, which indicates the importance of those diversifications.

Times, Sunday Times

Extensive research clearly indicates the importance of investment in the early years.

Times, Sunday Times

issue of importance

It will allow him to pick at the threads of the coalition on an issue of importance.

Times, Sunday Times

He said it was so that he could draw attention to environmental and archaeological issues of importance.

Times, Sunday Times

In order of importance it came eighth out of twelve issues facing the country, and dropped to eleventh among issues of importance to the individual respondent.

Times, Sunday Times

It uses this data to benchmark against national norms and to define issues of importance to lab practice and policy.

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It benefited from having a two-year budget cycle, allowing officials create budget plans with more time to focus on issues of importance.

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minimize the importance of

Regardless, your church should take care not to minimize the importance of these responsibilities.

Christianity Today

In his view, its authors tended to minimize the importance of the predictor variables they used to test psychoanalytic and other theories.

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Subsequent caselaw has minimized the importance of the second factor.

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He never minimized the importance of addressing the spiritual needs of the people as well as their physical needs.

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national importance

First, though, I bring you news on an issue of national importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

He took on a difficult job, one of national importance, and has had little thanks.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Differences like these on issues of national importance can make for tense relationships.

Christianity Today (2000)

note the importance of

Note the importance of the use of the word united.

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The authors note the importance of developing statistical thinking and reasoning in addition to statistical knowledge.

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He also notes the importance of microblogging in the entertainment industry.

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He noted the importance of a good and clear voice.

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The reform should start from urban lands, but some parts of this paper also noted the importance of privatizing agricultural lands.

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of primary importance

Those colleagues for whom this is of primary importance are also acting out of their deepest convictions.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In our attempts to radically reform the economy and restructure our administration we have accepted that these problems are of primary importance.

Aganbegyan, Abel Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990)

In the investigation of species, chorology was of primary importance.

BARTHA, Dénes, KIRÁLY, Gergely, VIDÉKI, Róbert, NAGY, Anikó 2005, 'Occurrence of Rare Tree and Shrub Species in Hungary', Acta Silvatica & Lignaria Hungarica

overestimate the importance of

It's hard to overestimate the importance of a father, or father-figure, in a man's life.

Times, Sunday Times

Be careful, however, not to overestimate the importance of such links.

Times, Sunday Times

I suspect their profession inclines them to overestimate the importance of health.

Times, Sunday Times

You cannot overestimate the importance of getting this right.

Times,Sunday Times

As such, studies which do not account for this potential two-way causation may overestimate the importance of income for life expectancy.

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overlook the importance of

Amid much chatter about momentum, we should not overlook the importance of inertia.

Times, Sunday Times

Western philosophers, with their historical universalist aspirations, have tended to overlook the importance of time and place.

The Times Literary Supplement

To take the middle class and the organised working class out of politics and therefore out of economics, to completely overlook the importance of institutions in both, makes no sense.

Times, Sunday Times

The man in the street overlooks the importance of a good goalkeeper.

Times, Sunday Times

Beginning practicing educators tend to overlook the importance of novice levels of prior knowledge and other factors involved in adjusting and adapting pedagogy for learner understanding.

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overstate the importance of

It would be impossible to overstate the importance of this.

Times, Sunday Times

But political commentators vastly overstate the importance of what they call political strategy.

Times, Sunday Times

You just can't overstate the importance of winning your first game.

Times, Sunday Times

That view, however, may overstate the importance of what was only one of many factors.

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I think the church growth movement overstates the importance of the minister in terms of church growth.

Christianity Today

paramount importance

Children's safety is of paramount importance to us.

The Sun (2015)

It addresses subjects of paramount importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Appearances were of paramount importance to Mother.

The Glasgow Girls (1994)

particular importance

Why is all this of particular importance now?

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

The steel and car industries are of particular importance.

Geography Basic Facts (1983)

Of particular importance were the following considerations.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

place importance on

I don't really place much importance on money.

The Sun (2013)

People were placing great importance on religion.

Christianity Today (2000)

Despite the importance placed on mobile phones, the survey showed only a quarter had insurance for them.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

practical importance

His work was on the behaviour of metals under tensile loading of short duration — a seemingly academic topic, but nevertheless of practical importance.

Times, Sunday Times

The day of action, which inspired teach-ins at more than 1,500 college campuses, also had practical importance.

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However, a number of points arose out of that case and the previous cases which were of general practical importance in determining who was a de facto director.

Times, Sunday Times

That raised a point of practical importance.

Times, Sunday Times

There are, however, other arrangements, some with practical importance in real circuits.

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profound importance

Housing is of profound importance to the British.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

They raised issues of profound importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

But that does not alter the fact that location is of profound importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

realize the importance of

They need to realize the importance of this game.

The Sun (2006)

He had clearly come to realize the importance of enjoying life.

FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)

That was when people began to realize the importance of the find.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

recognize the importance of

We need to recognize the importance of this issue.

Christianity Today (2000)

We are proud to be building more homes but in a way that recognizes the importance of protecting the environment.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

I like our insurance agent, and I recognize the importance of reviewing the coverage.

Christianity Today (2000)

reflect the importance of

Local placenames reflect the importance of the well.

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The latter features reflect the importance of nectar in its diet, although berries, spiders and insects are also taken.

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Such definitions reflect the importance of jurisprudence and international law over empirical attributes.

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Attractive and informative drawings are painted on the walls, which reflect the importance of education, respect and obedience.

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The criteria reflect the importance of functionality, attractiveness and sustainability in well-designed homes and neighbourhoods.

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reinforce the importance of

In chateaux, palazzi and palaces, a succession of ever-grander rooms was designed to inspire awe in the visitor and reinforce the importance of the occupants.

Times, Sunday Times

Our newsletter and pulpit announcements reinforce the importance of picking people who are qualified spiritually and philosophically.

Christianity Today

The past decade reinforced the importance of going viral online.

The Sun

Lockdown reinforced the importance of having the security of four walls to call your own.

Times,Sunday Times

While outwardly urging its characters to react against the status quo, it quietly reinforces the importance of fitting in by virtue of its own unrevolutionary zeal.

Times, Sunday Times

reiterate the importance of

It has also spoken to its team in the terminals to reiterate the importance of ensuring that all passengers are able to disembark the aircraft as quickly as possible.

Times, Sunday Times

He reiterated the importance of offering customers services and propositions that they value.

Times, Sunday Times

The court reiterated the importance of that guidance.

Times, Sunday Times

It's usually at this point that some bright spark on mood-altering stimulants reiterates the importance of staying up to see the dawn.

Times, Sunday Times

Drawing in detail from the case studies, the publication reiterates the importance of a suitable enabling environment.

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relative importance

Nonetheless, there is still a good deal of disagreement about the relative importance of these two factors.

The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)

Moreover, trade with the rest of the EU is of declining relative importance to the UK.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Another way to determine the relative importance of an issue is to answer a set of questions regarding it.

Christianity Today (2000)

secondary importance

The primary reason for having cabin crew is safety - the service of food and drinks is of secondary importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

But to the wider world, such issues are of secondary importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Refugee problems remained of secondary importance to wider issues of impending war.

Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)

strategic importance

It's a symbolic spot: testament to the strategic importance of this area before the strait silted up.

Times,Sunday Times

You've long avoided revealing information of strategic importance or which you regard as strictly private.

Times, Sunday Times

Even industries of strategic importance, such as energy and water, are allowed to fall into foreign ownership.

Times, Sunday Times

As trade increased, the city’s strategic importance grew.

Smithsonian

The intensity of fighting around the city indicates the strategic importance of the town.

Times, Sunday Times

stress the importance of

Most scientists stress the importance of both basic and applied research: enhancing an understanding of the bee and its problems simultaneously.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

The two leaders stressed the importance of restoring mutually beneficial trade and economic between their countries.

The Sun (2017)

He went on to stress the importance of editorial independence.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

I did not go into detail on the phone but stressed the importance of what we needed to talk about.

Christianity Today (2000)

My report stressed the importance of retaining the public interest defence to the existing crime.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

symbolic importance

It was an act of great symbolic importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

The symbolic importance of the US commitment was enormous.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

I am actively involved in the promotion of female participation in sport, because it has huge symbolic importance in the context of gender equality.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

tremendous importance

That was of tremendous importance.

Christianity Today

They are of tremendous importance to these communities.

Globe and Mail

Although the three ecological questions mentioned above have no simple, definite answers, they are nonetheless of tremendous importance to society.

The Scientist

underestimate the importance of

I do not wish to underestimate the importance of the demanding role fulfilled by the police.

Times, Sunday Times

But he doesn't underestimate the importance of that break.

The Sun

Employers - and employees - should not underestimate the importance of having the right personality for the job.

Times, Sunday Times

No one should ever underestimate the importance of a good ground game in identifying your voters and getting them to the polls.

Times, Sunday Times

As a result they underestimate the importance of extremely unlikely but disastrous incidents.

Times, Sunday Times

underline the importance of

The findings underlined the importance of using antibiotics only when strictly necessary.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

August's riots underlined the importance of building and keeping trust in policing.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

He underlined the importance of maintaining the highest standards.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

underscore the importance of

Education professionals must underscore the importance of high information quality.

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The crisis has also underscored the importance of international action to stabilise the economy.

Times, Sunday Times

Researchers noted the study underscores the importance of prevention.

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This underscores the importance of community support as a goal for the education sector as mentioned earlier.

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She has spent time along at least a dozen different rivers, which underscores the importance of maintaining good water quality, he remarked.

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understand the importance of

He didn't yet understand the importance of listening.

Christianity Today (2000)

Good parents understand the importance of consistency.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Europeans have long understood the importance of food to culture.

The Times Literary Supplement (2011)

utmost importance

The safety of our people is of utmost importance.

The Sun (2014)

An ITV spokesman said: 'Our celebrities' security is of the utmost importance.

The Sun (2015)

For parents, it is of the utmost importance that they obtain as much information on the subject as possible.

Alternative Health Care for Children (1989)

vital importance

Officer safety is of vital importance.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Iron ore is of vital importance to Rio: it produced 75 per cent of the company's earnings in the first half of the year.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

The man behind the desk was saying something serious about something of vital national importance, but no one was listening.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Translations:

Chinese: 重要性

Japanese: 重要性