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        "ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt"
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        "From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns."
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              "mean": "Having relevant and crucial value.\nIt is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.\n1892,  Walter Besant,  “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in  The Ivory Gate , New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, , →OCLC, page 6:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well.\n1963,  Margery Allingham,  “Eye Witness”, in  The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.  The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.\n1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son:\nFor this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.\n2013 May-June,  Katrina G. Claw,  “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in  American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) Pompous; self-important.\n1811,  ,  chapter XI, in  Sense and Sensibility , volume I, London:    C Roworth, , and published by T Egerton, , →OCLC, page 206:\"   It is a match that must give universal satisfaction. In short, it is a kind of thing that\"—lowering his voice to an important whisper—\"will be exceedingly welcome to all parties.\" Recollecting himself, however, he added, \"That is, I mean to say—your friends are all truly anxious to see you well settled; Fanny particularly   \""
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