slovo | definícia |
importance (mass) | importance
- význam, dôležitosť |
importance (encz) | importance,důležitost n: |
importance (encz) | importance,význam |
Importance (gcide) | Importance \Im*por"tance\, n. [F. importance. See Important.]
1. The quality or state of being important; consequence;
weight; moment; significance.
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Thy own importance know,
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. --Pope.
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2. Subject; matter. [Obs.]
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Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.
--Shak.
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3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
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The wisest beholder could not say if the importance
were joy or sorrow. --Shak.
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4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.]
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At our importance hither is he come. --Shak.
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importance (wn) | importance
n 1: the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the
importance of a well-balanced diet" [ant: unimportance]
2: a prominent status; "a person of importance" [syn:
importance, grandness] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
attach importance (encz) | attach importance,přisuzovat důležitost |
self-importance (encz) | self-importance,namyšlenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
unimportance (encz) | unimportance,nedůležitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Importance (gcide) | Importance \Im*por"tance\, n. [F. importance. See Important.]
1. The quality or state of being important; consequence;
weight; moment; significance.
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Thy own importance know,
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. --Pope.
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2. Subject; matter. [Obs.]
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Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.
--Shak.
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3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
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The wisest beholder could not say if the importance
were joy or sorrow. --Shak.
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4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.]
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At our importance hither is he come. --Shak.
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Self-importance (gcide) | Self-importance \Self`-im*por"tance\, n.
An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit,
esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
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Unimportance (gcide) | Unimportance \Un`im*por"tance\, n.
Want of importance; triviality. --Johnson.
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self-importance (wn) | self-importance
n 1: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
[syn: ego, egotism, self-importance]
2: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn:
egotism, self-importance, swelled head] |
unimportance (wn) | unimportance
n 1: the state of being humble and unimportant [syn:
humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness]
2: the quality of not being important or worthy of note [ant:
importance] |
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