importance
US /ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns/
Definition
the quality of being important and worthy of note
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The manager stressed the importance of meeting every deadline this quarter.
Word Family
Synonyms
- significancethe quality of being significant
- prominencethe state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- weightthe vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
Collocations
- Easy great importancedescribing great importance (a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field)
- Medium attach importance to feedbackto attach importance to feedback, meaning to cause to be attached
- Hard paramount importance in planningdescribing paramount importance in planning (having superior power and influence)
- Very Hard self-importance blinding leadershipdescribing self-importance blinding leadership (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others)
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