OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 3841

important

/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
importante
Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
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.…
We thought it important for there to be a fire escape at the back of every building.