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How to pronounce important in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms authoritative
Derivation importance


an important official.
Type Words
Synonyms of import
Derivation importance


important people.
the important questions of the day.
Type Words
Synonyms significant
Derivation importance
Type Words
Synonyms crucial
Derivation importance
Type Words


recited the decree with an important air.
took long important strides in the direction of his office.

Examples of important

important
This is particularly important on steep roofs and those exposed to strong winds.
From the dailyherald.com
The city has an important decision to make regarding the future of the property.
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Most important, the game against Army is winnable, a fair test of two 6-6 teams.
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Postsurgery rest and a sustained rehabilitation program are extremely important.
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It is a young, lithe woman named Jessica who becomes the more important visitor.
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What are your thoughts on this important coaching hire as NU enters the Big Ten?
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It's important, said Paul Landes, to have warm clothes waiting at the shoreline.
From the sacbee.com
So seeing the race is not as important as making sure people get what they need.
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Truly important issues that can affect your everyday lives are at stake Tuesday.
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More examples
  • Of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
  • Significant: important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
  • Crucial: of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
  • Authoritative: having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"
  • Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"
  • (importantly) in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself"
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. ...
  • Having relevant and crucial value
  • (Importance) The maximum impact an attribute can exert upon product choice. Whereas, part-worth utilities provide consumer preference for different attribute levels (e.g., red, blue, green), importance gauges the impact of the attribute overall (e.g., how important is color overall).