different between exigent vs important

English

Etymology

From Latin exig?ns, present active participle of exig? (“demand, require”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??k.s?.d??nt/, /???.z?.d??nt/

Adjective

exigent (comparative more exigent, superlative most exigent)

1. Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
   • 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence

     Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.

2. Demanding; requiring great effort.

Derived terms

Related terms

• exigence
• exigency
• exigenter

Translations

Noun

exigent (plural exigents)

1. (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
2. (archaic) The amount that is required.
3. (obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exig?ns, present active participle of exig? (“demand, require”).

Adjective

exigent (masculine and feminine plural exigents)

1. exigent, demanding

Related terms

• exigència
• exigir

Further reading

• “exigent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exigent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “exigent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exigent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

exigent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exiger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exiger

Latin

Verb

exigent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exig?

Romanian

Etymology

From French exigeant, from Latin exigens.

Adjective

exigent m or n (feminine singular exigent?, masculine plural exigen?i, feminine and neuter plural exigente)

1. demanding

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, import?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t?nt/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?m?po(?)?t?nt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?m?po?t?nt/

Adjective

important (comparative more important, superlative most important)

1. Having relevant and crucial value.
   • 1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son:

     For 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.
2. (obsolete) Pompous; self-important.

Synonyms

• significant
• weighty
• See also Thesaurus:important

Antonyms

• negligible
• ignorable
• petty
• slight
• unimportant

Derived terms

• importantly, importantness, unimportant, VIP

Related terms

• import
• importance

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.po??tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.pur?tan/

Adjective

important (masculine and feminine plural importants)

1. important

Derived terms

• importantment

Related terms

• importància

Further reading

• “important” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “important” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “important” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “important” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p??.t??/

Adjective

important (feminine singular importante, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantes)

1. important

2. significant

Derived terms

• importance

Verb

important

1. present participle of importer

Further reading

• “important” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

important

1. third-person plural present active indicative of import?

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

important m (feminine singular importanta, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantas)

1. important

Related terms

• importància

Romanian

Etymology

From French important.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [im.por?tant]

Adjective

important m or n (feminine singular important?, masculine plural importan?i, feminine and neuter plural importante)

1. important

Declension

Related terms

• importan??