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worthwhile

English

Alternative forms

  • worth while
  • worthwile (archaic)

Etymology

worth +? while

Pronunciation

  • (UK, in accents with the wine-whine merger) IPA(key): /w??(?)??wa?l/
  • (UK, in accents without the merger) IPA(key): /w??(?)???a?l/

Adjective

worthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)

  1. Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

Synonyms

  • worth it

Related terms

  • worth one’s while

Translations

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importance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??t?ns/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p??t?ns/, [-?n?s]

Noun

importance (countable and uncountable, plural importances)

  1. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
  2. significance or prominence.
  3. personal status or standing.
  4. Something of importance.

Translations


French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin importantia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.p??.t??s/
  • Rhymes: -??s

Noun

importance f (plural importances)

  1. importance
  2. significance

Related terms

  • important

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • comprenait

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  • what important events happened in the 1970s
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