important

adj.

VERBS

▪ be, seem, sound

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Someone left a message for you—it sounded important.

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ feel

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He made me feel important by asking me lots of questions about myself.

▪ make sth

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This is what makes our work so important.

▪ believe sth, consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth

▪

These ideas are considered enormously important.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ enormously, extraordinarily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, profoundly, terribly, tremendously, truly

▪ critically, crucially, fundamentally, most (esp. BrE), supremely, vitally

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This is most important: you must deliver the letter yourself.

▪ especially, particularly

▪ uniquely

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Several factors make this painting uniquely important.

▪ increasingly

▪ doubly

▪ equally

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These two factors are equally important.

▪ fairly, pretty, quite

▪ obviously

▪ sufficiently

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He considered the matter sufficiently important to call her at home.

▪ internationally (esp. BrE)

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an internationally important site for these rare birds

▪ economically, functionally, historically, politically, strategically

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historically important buildings

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

It's important for you to understand this.

▪ to

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Spending time with my children is important to me.

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The work of the intelligence services was crucially important to victory in the war.

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