important

/im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt/

Middle English importante, from Medieval Latin important-, importans, present participle of importare to signify

adjective

  1. marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence : valuable in content or relationship

  2. giving evidence of a feeling of self-importance

  3. importunate, urgent

adverb

  1. —used to say that what follows in a sentence is important

  2. in an important way

  3. in a self-important or pompous manner

adjective

  1. of very great or greatest importance

an all-important question