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importance definition

im·por·tance (im pôrt′'ns)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being important; significance; consequence
  2. Obsolete
    1. a matter or consequence
    2. import, or meaning
    3. importunity

Etymology: MFr < OIt importanza

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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