OF IMPORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does of import mean? 

• OF IMPORT (adjective)
  The adjective OF IMPORT has 1 sense:

1. of great significance or value

  Familiarity information: OF IMPORT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OF IMPORT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of great significance or value

Synonyms:

important; of import

Context example:

the important questions of the day

Similar:

Copernican (of radical or major importance)

strategic (highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war)

serious (of great consequence)

most-valuable (designating the player judged to be the most important to the sport)

measurable (of distinguished importance)

in-chief (indicating the head of a staff)

historic (important in history)

great; outstanding (of major significance or importance)

grave; grievous; heavy; weighty (of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought)

grand (the most important and magnificent in adornment)

distinguished ((used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation)

consequential; eventful (having important issues or results)

chief; main; master; primary; principal (most important element)

cardinal; central; fundamental; key; primal (serving as an essential component)

burning (of immediate import)

big (significant)

beta (second in order of importance)

alpha (first in order of importance)

all-important; all important; crucial; essential; of the essence (of the greatest importance)

Also:

valuable (having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange)

important; significant (important in effect or meaning)

essential (basic and fundamental)

Attribute:

importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)

 Context examples 

Meanwhile, in the broad and lofty chamber set apart for occasions of import, the Abbot himself was pacing impatiently backwards and forwards, with his long white nervous hands clasped in front of him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And here in good time comes my lady, without whose counsel it is not my wont to decide aught of import; but, indeed, it was her own thought that you should come.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is of import,” said he, “for I love to keep my hair well ordered, seeing that the weight of my helmet for thirty years hath in some degree frayed it upon the top.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)