• (RP) IPA: /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/, [ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩t]
• (GA) IPA: /ɪmˈpɔɹtənt/, [ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔn̩t]
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹtənt/, [ɪmˈpʰo(ː)ɹtn̩t], [ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔɪ̃nt̚]
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ɪmˈpo.tənt/, [ɪmˈpʰoətn̩t]

important

1. Having relevant and crucial value.

   It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.

   • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗:

     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.

   • 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.

• significant
• weighty
• See also Thesaurus:important

• negligible
• ignorable
• petty
• slight
• unimportant

• import
• importance

• French: important
• German: wichtig
• Italian: importante
• Portuguese: importante
• Russian: ва́жный
• Spanish: importante