Importance

n.	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. Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. - Shak.
	3.	Import; meaning; significance. The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. - Shak.
	4.	Importunity; solicitation. At our importance hither is he come. - Shak.

Noun	1.	importance - the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" Antonyms: unimportance - the quality of not being important or worthy of note
	2.	importance - a prominent status; "a person of importance" Synonyms: grandness

account, ascendancy, authority, charisma, charm, clout, concern, consequence, conspicuousness, control, credit, distinction, dominance, domination, effect, elevation, eminence, enchantment, esteem, exaltation, excellence, favor, force, good feeling, grandeur, gravity, greatness, high mightiness, hold, import, incidental power, influence, influentiality, influentialness, insinuation, leadership, leverage, loftiness, magnetism, magnitude, mark, mastery, matter, moment, momentousness, nobility, notability, note, noteworthiness, outstandingness, personality, persuasion, pith, position, potency, power, precedence, predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, priority, prominence, purchase, rank, reign, reputation, repute, rule, salience, say, seniority, seriousness, significance, signification, standing, stature, status, suasion, sublimity, substance, subtle influence, suggestion, supereminence, supremacy, sway, upper hand, value, weight, weightiness, whip hand, worth, worthiness

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