English-Thai Dictionary

importance

N ความสำคัญ  excellence prominence significance kwam-sam-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPORTANCE

n. 1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.
2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.
Thy own importance know.
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.
3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.
He believes himself a man of importance.
4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPORTANCE

Im *por "tance, n. Etym: [F. importance. See Important. ]

 

1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope.

 

2. Subject; matter. [Obs. ] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.

 

3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs. ] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.

 

4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs. ] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

importance

im por tance |imˈpôrtns ɪmˈpɔrtns | ▶noun the state or fact of being of great significance or value: the importance of democracy | the relative importances of the external and internal causes. PHRASES full of one's own importance having a very high opinion of oneself; self-important. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin importantia, from important- ‘being of consequence, ’ from the verb importare (see import ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

importance

im ¦port |ance |ɪmˈpɔːt (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state or fact of being of great significance or value: the importance of a good education | an issue of great importance. PHRASES full of one's own importance having a very high opinion of oneself; self-important. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin importantia, from important- ‘being of consequence ’, from the verb importare (see import ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

importance

importance noun 1 the signing of the treaty was an event of immense importance: significance, momentousness, import, consequence, note, noteworthiness, substance; seriousness, gravity, weightiness, urgency. 2 she had a fine sense of her own importance: power, influence, authority, sway, weight, impact, dominance; prominence, eminence, preeminence, prestige, notability, worth, stature; informal clout, pull.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

importance

importance noun 1 the signing of the treaty was an event of immense importance: significance, momentousness, import, consequence, note, noteworthiness, substance, value; seriousness, graveness, gravity, weightiness, urgency. ANTONYMS unimportance, insignificance. 2 she had a fine sense of her own importance: power, influence, authority, sway, weight, dominance; prominence, eminence, pre-eminence, notability, worth, account; prestige, high rank, status, standing, stature, superiority, mark, fame, renown, greatness, grandness; informal clout, pull. ANTONYMS unimportance, insignificance.

 

French Dictionary

importance

importance n. f. nom féminin Caractère de ce qui est important. : L ’importance d ’une décision. Elle attache beaucoup d ’importance à cette question. LOCUTION D ’importance. De taille. : Une surprise d ’importance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

importance

im por tance /ɪmpɔ́ː r t (ə )ns /→important 名詞 U 1 «…にとっての /…のための » 重要性 , 重要 (なこと ) «to /for » ▸ the importance of good health 健康の重要性 ▸ attach importance to A Aを重視する ▸ Time is of great [vital, crucial ] importance .時はきわめて重要なものだ 2 重要な地位, 有力 ▸ people of importance 有力者たち 3 尊大さ (self-importance )▸ assume an air of importance 偉そうな態度をとる