importance
nounEtymology
From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.
- derived from importantia
- derived from importance
- inherited from importaunce
Definitions
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
significance or prominence.
personal status or standing.
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Something of importance.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at importance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at importance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at importance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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