Collocations for "important"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "important" in context.
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important
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- important [contacts, information, details, numbers, dates]
- is a very important [person, man, figure]
- is an important [part, aspect] of
- has an important [role, place] in
- have important information [about, regarding]
- have (got) something important to tell you
- is important to me
- is important for [survival, growth, our chances]
- important to [note, understand, remember]
- important that you [go, try, do, finish]
- is important because
- is important in [cooking, building, swimming]
- write down the important [dates, names]
- [omit, leave out, forget] important details
- is the [most, least] important
- (far) more important than [thought, expected, predicted]
- what [could be, is] more important than
- [particularly, increasingly, extremely, especially] important that
- makes him feel important
- don't worry, it wasn't important
- is not important [anymore, right now]
- was it anything important?
'important' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
academic
- access
- accomplishment
- accordance
- accountability
- accuracy
- achievement
- acknowledge
- addition
- affection
- ally
- anyhow
- appearance
- arguably
- aspect
- asset
- assignment
- attraction
- attribute
- backup
- base
- be
- become
- bit
- blending
- bold
- bonding
- breakfast
- building
- caring
- caveat
- chance
- characteristic
- charity
- clearly
- clue
- collaboration
- communication
- community
- component
- concept
- concession
- contact
- conversation
- course
- coverage
- criterion
- crucial
- decision
- defeat