importance
noun
the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
importances
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pluralof importance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
It has been wisely said that intelligence may be defined as the ability to correctly determine differences, similarities, and importances.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
She replied nothing at first, till he feared she might think it her duty to resent a question that made light of all her husband's importances.
From Madame De Mauves by Henry James
The chromatic differences of other errors of reproduction have seldom practical importances.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
All perception of relative importances depends upon a just appreciation of which letters in association’s bond association will most readily dispense with.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
