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If something has importance, people care about it a lot, or they need to care about it. Something of importance has a lot of value or meaning. If something has no importance, people don't care about it or think about it. A thing that has no importance can be ignored or thrown away.
Clean water has importance because people cannot live without it.The doctor talked about the importance of a healthy diet.The factory has great importance for the town because many people have their jobs there.- similar words:
- consequence, emphasis, gravity, magnitude, significance
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meaning, point, value, worth |
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