Importance: Meaning, Examples, and Usage Guide

Meaning 1：great significance (importance)

importance 🔊

/ɪmˈpɔːrtəns/

the quality of having a big effect on people or events, or of being very valuable.

Balance scale tilted toward glowing trophy illustrating importance

great significance 🔊

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/ɡreɪt sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

The quality of being significant, valuable, or having a major effect on people or events.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'importare' (to bring in, to matter) + suffix '-ance' (state or quality).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine 'IMPORT' (like import goods) + 'ANCE' = the weight (importance) of those goods matters a lot.

📖 Example

My teacher always stresses the importance of eating fruits and vegetables every day. 🔊 My teacher always emphasizes the significance of consuming fruits and vegetables every day.

🔗 Collocations

attach importance to – to consider something as important

of great importance – very significant or essential

emphasize the importance of – to stress how important something is

🔄 Synonyms

significance (n.) – The quality of being noteworthy or important.

consequence (n.) – A result or effect, often implying importance.

value (n.) – The regard that something is held to deserve; importance or worth.

🚫 Antonyms

unimportance (n.) – Lack of importance; insignificance.

insignificance (n.) – The quality of being too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

🌱 Derivatives

important (adj.) – Of great significance or value.

importantly (adv.) – In a way that is significant or has great value.

unimportance (n.) – The state of being unimportant.

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Latin 'importare' (to bring in, to be of consequence), entering English via Old French 'importance' in the 16th century, originally meaning 'significance'.