Meaning

  1. Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
  2. (obsolete) Pompous; self-important.

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪm.ˈpɔː.tənt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English heah and hefig.

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