IMPORTANT

[adjective] - necessary or of great valueI sometimes think his career is more important to him than I am.It's important for children to learn to get on with each other.If you really don't want to go to Italy, it's important that you tell her before she books the tickets.The important thing is to keep the heat low or the sugar will burn.He's not amazingly handsome, but he's really nice and that's more important.Important also means having great effect or influence.Somebody who was obviously very important arrived in a chauffeur-driven car.He was one of the most important writers of that period.