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im•por•tance



Pronunciation: (im-pôr'tns), [key]
—n.
1. the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
2. important position or standing; personal or social consequence.
3. consequential air or manner: an air of bustling importance.
4. Obs.an important matter.
5. Obs.importunity.
6. Obs.import or meaning.

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