Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

import

English answer:

important

Added to glossary by William [Bill] Gray
Apr 23, 2007 10:06
17 yrs ago
English term

import

English Bus/Financial Economics general
Historians have begun to see the history of economics as a history of the import and impact of ideas.
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4 mins
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important

This is a rather formal (old-fashioned, even) way of referrring to the importance of something.

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-04-23 10:11:02 GMT)
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Sorry, importANCE!
Peer comment(s):

agree Els Spin : [mass noun] great significance; importance
31 mins
Thanks, Els!
agree Seema Ugrankar
52 mins
Thank you, Seema!
agree Alexander Demyanov
2 hrs
Thanks, Alexander!
agree Mehmet Hascan : importance or meaning
4 hrs
Thanks, Mehmet. (a bit late!). Greetings from Budapest!
agree Alfa Trans (X)
5 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 day 58 mins

inheritance?

Could it be possible in here , writer used a metoper , in fact wanted to say with import ; inheritance of old times ideas to up to date ?
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