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ALL IMPORTANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does all important mean?
• ALL IMPORTANT (adjective)
The adjective ALL IMPORTANT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ALL IMPORTANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the greatest importance
Synonyms:
all-important; all important; crucial; essential; of the essence
Context example:
in chess cool nerves are of the essence
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Context examples
Lady Bertram did not think deeply, but, guided by Sir Thomas, she thought justly on all important points; and she saw, therefore, in all its enormity, what had happened, and neither endeavoured herself, nor required Fanny to advise her, to think little of guilt and infamy.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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