importance
importance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.
- 2.Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.
- 3.Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- ado
- advance
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- all
- and
- antecedence
- antecedency
- antecedent
- anteposition
- anterior
- anteriority
- are
- attach
- ball
- before
- best
- blanket
- book
- boring
- catch
- caught
- cherry
- cold
- come
- coming
- commonplace
- conte
- cry
- damp
- dance
- deadly
- dearth
- depress
- ditch
- dry
- dull
- dullness
- dust
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is importance.
- What is subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak called?
- What is import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak called?
- What is importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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