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important

adj
/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/UK/ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt/CA/ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹ.tənt/

Etymology

From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English heah and hefig.

  1. derived from importāns
  2. inherited from important

Definitions

  1. Having relevant and crucial value

    Having relevant and crucial value; having import.

    • We thought it important for there to be a fire escape at the back of every building.
    • Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well.

  2. Pompous

    Pompous; self-important.

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Derived

all-important, important bird area, importantly, importantness, more important fish to fry, nonimportant, overimportant, superimportant, unimportant, very important person, VIP

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at important. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at important. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at important

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