importance
/ɪmˈpoɹtəns/ noun A2- The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
- significance or prominence.
- personal status or standing.
- Something of importance.
Plural importances
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‘My dear Dantès,’ said he, ‘swear to perform what I am going to tell you, for it is a matter of the deepest importance.’
Villefort smiled within himself, for he felt his increased importance.
Hence the extreme importance of Porlock.
It is the centre for a considerable area of country, since Tunbridge Wells, the nearest place of importance, is ten or twelve miles to the eastward, over the borders of Kent.
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