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attach too much significance to something

  • 1 Bedeutung

    f
    1. eines Wortes: meaning, sense; dieses Wort hat mehrere Bedeutungen this word has several meanings
    2. nur Sg.; (Wichtigkeit) importance, significance; (Tragweite) import; von Bedeutung sein be important; (bezeichnend) be significant; sachlich: be relevant ( für to); der Staatsbesuch ist von wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung the state visit is of economic significance; das hat keine Bedeutung (will nichts heißen) it doesn’t mean anything; nichts von Bedeutung nothing important ( oder significant), nothing worth mentioning
    3. (Ansehen) importance; ein Mann von Bedeutung an important person, a man of some repute
    * * *
    die Bedeutung
    (Sinn) meaning; signification; implication; sense; import; purport;
    (Wichtigkeit) prominence; greatness; weight; importance; significance
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    Be|deu|tung
    f
    1) (= Sinn, Wortsinn) meaning

    in wörtlicher/übertragener Bedéútung — in the literal/figurative sense

    2) (= Wichtigkeit) importance, significance; (= Tragweite) significance

    von Bedéútung sein — to be important or significant, to be of significance

    von (großer or tiefer/geringer) Bedéútung sein — to be of (great/little) importance, to be (very/not very) important

    ein Mann von Bedéútung — an important figure

    nichts von Bedéútung — nothing of any importance

    ohne Bedéútung — of no importance

    große Bedéútung besitzen — to be of great importance

    an Bedéútung gewinnen/verlieren — to gain/lose in importance

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    die
    1) (importance: A small error is of no consequence.) consequence
    2) (importance: a decision of great magnitude.) magnitude
    3) (the sense in which a statement, action, word etc is (intended to be) understood: What is the meaning of this phrase?; What is the meaning of his behaviour?) meaning
    5) (meaning or importance: a matter of great significance.) significance
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    Be·deu·tung
    <-, -en>
    f
    1. (Sinn) meaning
    in wörtlicher/übertragener \Bedeutung in the literal/figurative sense
    2. (Wichtigkeit) significance, importance
    [für jdn] große/größte \Bedeutung besitzen to be of great/the utmost significance [or importance] [to [or for] sb]
    von übergeordneter \Bedeutung of overriding importance
    [für jdn/etw] von [bestimmter] \Bedeutung sein to be of [a certain] importance [for [or to] sb/sth]
    es ist für mich überhaupt nicht von \Bedeutung it is of no importance to me
    etw dat [bestimmte] \Bedeutung beimessen to attach [a certain] importance to sth
    nichts von \Bedeutung nothing important
    3. (Geltung) importance
    ein Mann von großer \Bedeutung an important man
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    die; Bedeutung, Bedeutungen
    1) o. Pl. meaning; significance
    2) (WortBedeutung) meaning
    3) o. Pl. (Wichtigkeit) importance; (Tragweite) significance; importance

    [an] Bedeutung gewinnen — become more significant

    nichts von Bedeutung — nothing important or significant; nothing of [any] importance or significance

    * * *
    1. eines Wortes: meaning, sense;
    dieses Wort hat mehrere Bedeutungen this word has several meanings
    2. nur sg; (Wichtigkeit) importance, significance; (Tragweite) import;
    von Bedeutung sein be important; (bezeichnend) be significant; sachlich: be relevant (
    für to);
    der Staatsbesuch ist von wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung the state visit is of economic significance;
    das hat keine Bedeutung (will nichts heißen) it doesn’t mean anything;
    nichts von Bedeutung nothing important ( oder significant), nothing worth mentioning
    3. (Ansehen) importance;
    ein Mann von Bedeutung an important person, a man of some repute
    * * *
    die; Bedeutung, Bedeutungen
    1) o. Pl. meaning; significance

    einer Sache (Dat.) zu große Bedeutung beimessen — attach too much significance to something

    2) (WortBedeutung) meaning
    3) o. Pl. (Wichtigkeit) importance; (Tragweite) significance; importance

    [an] Bedeutung gewinnen — become more significant

    nichts von Bedeutung — nothing important or significant; nothing of [any] importance or significance

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    f.
    denotation n.
    importance n.
    interest n.
    meaning n.
    prominence n.
    relevancy n.
    significance n.
    signification n.
    weight n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Bedeutung

  • 2 importancia

    f.
    importance.
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to something
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia important, of importance
    sin importancia unimportant
    quitar importancia a algo to play something down
    * * *
    1 importance
    \
    dar importancia a algo to take something seriously
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia (gen) important 2 (herida, lesión) serious
    no tiene importancia it's nothing, it doesn't matter, it's not important
    quitar importancia a algo, restar importancia a algo to play something down
    sin importancia unimportant
    tener importancia to be important
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?

    no te preocupes, no tiene importancia — don't worry, it's not important

    • carecer de importancia — to be unimportant

    • de cierta importancia — [empresa, asunto] of some importance, important; [herida] serious

    • conceder o dar mucha importancia a algo — to attach great importance to sth

    no quiero darle más importancia de la que tiene, pero... — I don't want to make an issue of this but...

    • darse importancia — to give o.s. airs

    • quitar o restar importancia a algo — to make light of sth, play down the importance of sth

    • sin importancia — [herida, comentario] minor

    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex. Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex. Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex. Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex. The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex. To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex. A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex. I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
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    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.
    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.

    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

    Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex: Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex: Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex: Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex: The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex: There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex: To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex: A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex: I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

    * * *
    importance
    temas de gran importancia matters of great importance o significance o ( frml) of great import
    ésos son detalles sin importancia those are minor o unimportant o insignificant details
    trató de quitarle or restarle importancia al problema she tried to make light of the problem, she tried to play down the importance of the problem
    no debemos darle tanta importancia a este tema we should not make so much of this matter, we should not attach too much importance to this matter
    siento llegar tarde — no tiene importancia I'm sorry I'm late — it doesn't matter
    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? so what?
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    * * *

     

    importancia sustantivo femenino
    importance;

    quitarle importancia a algo to play down the importance of sth;
    detalles sin importancia minor o insignificant details;
    no tiene importancia it doesn't matter;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    importancia sustantivo femenino importance, significance: no te preocupes, no tiene importancia, don't worry, it's nothing
    el accidente fue de cierta importancia, the accident was quite serious
    dar importancia a, to attach importance to
    quitarle importancia a algo, to play down the importance of sthg
    sin importancia, unimportant
    ♦ Locuciones: darse importancia, to give oneself airs

    ' importancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acento
    - acentuar
    - alta
    - alto
    - bagatela
    - calibre
    - cobrar
    - conceder
    - dimensión
    - énfasis
    - entidad
    - envergadura
    - escatológico
    - fallo
    - ignorar
    - incidir
    - insignificancia
    - insistir
    - interés
    - levedad
    - marcar
    - minúscula
    - minúsculo
    - niñería
    - palidecer
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - primera
    - primero
    - primordial
    - protagonismo
    - quitar
    - recalcar
    - relativa
    - relativo
    - relieve
    - representar
    - restar
    - revestir
    - subrayar
    - suceso
    - suma
    - sumo
    - talla
    - tontería
    - valor
    - vital
    - vuelo
    - alguno
    - capital
    English:
    account
    - attach
    - count
    - emphasize
    - importance
    - incidental
    - irrelevant
    - issue
    - light
    - little
    - major
    - matter
    - mind
    - minimize
    - minor
    - moment
    - momentous
    - override
    - paramount
    - play down
    - primary
    - prime
    - prominence
    - read
    - ride
    - shrug off
    - significance
    - smooth over
    - store
    - thrust forward
    - unimportant
    - vital
    - vitally
    - all
    - all right
    - consideration
    - descend
    - detail
    - emphasis
    - gloss
    - hot
    - import
    - magistrate
    - menial
    - play
    - small
    - trifling
    - utmost
    * * *
    importance;
    de importancia important, of importance;
    un tratamiento médico reservado a los casos de importancia a treatment reserved for serious cases;
    un arquitecto de importancia an important architect;
    recibió un golpe de cierta importancia he took a fairly heavy knock;
    adquirir o [m5] cobrar importancia to become important, to take on significance;
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs;
    no tiene importancia [no es importante] it's not important;
    [no pasa nada] it doesn't matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    ha sido un rasguño sin importancia it's only a little scratch;
    quitar o [m5] restar importancia a algo to play sth down
    * * *
    f importance;
    dar importancia a attach importance to;
    restar importancia a algo make light of sth, play sth down;
    tener importancia be important;
    no tiene importancia it’s not important, it doesn’t matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    darse importancia give o.s. airs
    * * *
    : importance
    * * *
    importancia n importance
    darse importancia to give yourself airs [pt. gave; pp. given]
    tener importancia to be important / to matter

    Spanish-English dictionary > importancia

  • 3 conceder

    v.
    1 to grant.
    me concedió un deseo he granted me a wish
    le concedí el beneficio de la duda I gave him the benefit of the doubt
    no concede entrevistas she doesn't give interviews
    ¿me concede cinco minutos? could you give o spare me five minutes?
    2 to admit, to concede.
    3 to give.
    4 to allow to.
    * * *
    1 (otorgar) to grant, concede; (premio) to award
    2 (atribuir) to give, attach
    3 (oportunidad, tiempo) to give
    4 (admitir) to concede, admit
    * * *
    verb
    1) to award, grant
    2) concede, admit
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=dar) [+ beca, premio] to award, grant; [+ crédito, permiso, deseo, entrevista] to grant

    ¿me concede el honor de este baile? — may I have the pleasure of this dance?

    2) frm (=admitir) to concede, admit

    concedo que el error fue mío — I concede o admit it was my mistake

    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <premio/beca> to give, award; <descuento/préstamo> to give, grant (frml); <privilegio/favor/permiso> to grant

    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos? — could you spare me a few minutes?

    b) <importancia/valor> to give
    2) (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede
    * * *
    = award, confer (on/upon), grant, vest, cede, bestow, dispense.
    Ex. In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.
    Ex. Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Ex. In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.
    Ex. This responsibility is vested in the Central Classification Committees of the member countries.
    Ex. We see this most clearly in the United Kingdom right now, as the Westminster government cedes authority both to the European Union and to a new parliament in Scotland.
    Ex. God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.
    Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    ----
    * conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.
    * conceder beca = grant + scholarship.
    * conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.
    * conceder comisión de servicios = second.
    * conceder diploma = grant + diploma.
    * conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.
    * conceder el honor = accord + honour.
    * conceder en franquicia = franchise.
    * conceder facultades = endow with + powers.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder licencia = grant + license.
    * conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * conceder permiso = give + permission, grant + permission, grant + Alguien + leave.
    * conceder poderes = give + powers.
    * conceder potestad = confer + mandate.
    * conceder una licencia = issue + licence.
    * conceder una oportunidad = grant + opportunity.
    * conceder una petición = grant + request.
    * conceder un contrato = award + contract.
    * conceder un favor = bestow + favour.
    * conceder un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.
    * conceder un préstamo = grant + loan.
    * conceder un título = bestow + title.
    * privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.
    * que concede becas = grant-making.
    * que concede subsidios = grant-making.
    * que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <premio/beca> to give, award; <descuento/préstamo> to give, grant (frml); <privilegio/favor/permiso> to grant

    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos? — could you spare me a few minutes?

    b) <importancia/valor> to give
    2) (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede
    * * *
    = award, confer (on/upon), grant, vest, cede, bestow, dispense.

    Ex: In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

    Ex: Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Ex: In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.
    Ex: This responsibility is vested in the Central Classification Committees of the member countries.
    Ex: We see this most clearly in the United Kingdom right now, as the Westminster government cedes authority both to the European Union and to a new parliament in Scotland.
    Ex: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.
    Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    * conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.
    * conceder beca = grant + scholarship.
    * conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.
    * conceder comisión de servicios = second.
    * conceder diploma = grant + diploma.
    * conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.
    * conceder el honor = accord + honour.
    * conceder en franquicia = franchise.
    * conceder facultades = endow with + powers.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder licencia = grant + license.
    * conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * conceder permiso = give + permission, grant + permission, grant + Alguien + leave.
    * conceder poderes = give + powers.
    * conceder potestad = confer + mandate.
    * conceder una licencia = issue + licence.
    * conceder una oportunidad = grant + opportunity.
    * conceder una petición = grant + request.
    * conceder un contrato = award + contract.
    * conceder un favor = bestow + favour.
    * conceder un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.
    * conceder un préstamo = grant + loan.
    * conceder un título = bestow + title.
    * privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.
    * que concede becas = grant-making.
    * que concede subsidios = grant-making.
    * que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

    * * *
    conceder [E1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹premio/beca› to give, award; ‹descuento/préstamo› to give, grant ( frml); ‹privilegio/favor› to grant
    los jueces concedieron el triunfo al irlandés the judges awarded victory to the Irishman, the judges pronounced the Irishman the winner
    abuchearon al árbitro por no conceder el penalty the referee was booed for not giving o awarding the penalty
    sin conceder un solo tanto without conceding a single point
    me concedieron permiso they gave me permission
    el honor que me concedieron the honor they conferred o bestowed on me
    nos concedió una entrevista she agreed to give us an interview o to being interviewed by us
    terminó por concederle la razón a su contrincante he ended up admitting o conceding that his opponent was right
    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos de su tiempo? could you spare me a few minutes of your time?
    2 ‹importancia/valor› to give
    no le concedió demasiada importancia she did not give it too much importance o attach too much importance to it
    B (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede
    tuvo que conceder que se había equivocado he had to admit o concede o acknowledge that he was wrong
    * * *

     

    conceder ( conjugate conceder) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹premio/beca› to give, award;

    ‹descuento/préstamo› to give;
    ‹privilegio/favor/permiso› to grant;

    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos? could you spare me a few minutes?
    b) ‹importancia/valor› to give

    2 (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge
    conceder verbo transitivo
    1 (admitir) to admit, concede
    2 (un deseo, préstamo) to grant
    (un premio, una beca) to award
    3 frml (tiempo, atención) si me concede un minuto, if you can spare me a moment
    4 (importancia) to give
    conceder valor a algo, to attach value to something
    ' conceder' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acceder
    - dar
    - dotar
    - merced
    - negar
    - premio
    English:
    accord
    - award
    - begrudge
    - bestow
    - concede
    - grant
    - confer
    - devolve
    - dispense
    - give
    - knight
    - shut
    - straight
    * * *
    1. [dar] to grant;
    [premio] to award; [beca] to give, to award; [préstamo, subvención] to give, to grant; [asilo, indulto, extradición] to grant;
    le concedí el beneficio de la duda I gave him the benefit of the doubt;
    me concedió un deseo he granted me a wish;
    no concede entrevistas she doesn't give interviews;
    ¿me concede cinco minutos? could you give o spare me five minutes?;
    le han concedido un permiso para acudir al congreso he's been given o granted permission to attend the conference
    2. [asentir] to admit, to concede;
    concedo que están en lo cierto I admit that you're right
    3. [atribuir] [importancia] to give, to attach;
    no concede ningún valor al dinero money doesn't matter to her at all
    * * *
    v/t concede; entrevista, permiso give; premio award; importancia attach
    * * *
    1) : to grant, to bestow
    2) : to concede, to admit
    * * *
    1. (en general) to give [pt. gave; pp. given] / to grant
    2. (beca, premio) to award
    3. (reconocer) to admit [pt. & pp. admitted] / to acknowledge

    Spanish-English dictionary > conceder

  • 4 importance

    importance [ɛ̃pɔʀtɑ̃s]
    feminine noun
       a. importance
    • accorder beaucoup/peu d'importance à qch to attach a lot of/little importance to sth
    • quelle importance ? does it really matter?
       b. ( = taille) [de somme, effectifs] size ; ( = ampleur) [de dégâts, désastre, retard] extent
    * * *
    ɛ̃pɔʀtɑ̃s
    1) ( gravité) importance

    prendre de l'importance — [événement] to gain in importance

    sans importance — [détail] unimportant

    d'importance — [problème] important

    2) ( taille) (de réduction, société) size; (de travail, d'effort) amount; (de massacres, dégâts) extent

    prendre de l'importance — [société, ville] to increase in size

    3) ( influence) importance

    prendre de l'importance — [personne] to become more important

    * * *
    ɛ̃pɔʀtɑ̃s nf
    1) [fait, événement, facteur] importance

    C'est sans importance. — It doesn't matter.

    2) (quantitativement) [dégâts] extent, [somme] size
    * * *
    1 ( gravité) importance; c'est de la plus haute or première importance it's of the highest ou of the utmost importance; c'est d'une importance capitale/vitale it's of immense/vital importance; d'importance relative of relative importance; donner or accorder de l'importance à qch to attach importance to sth; attacher beaucoup/très peu d'importance à qch to attach great/very little importance to sth; prendre de l'importance [événement, affaire] to gain in importance; sans importance [élément, fait, détail] unimportant; cela est sans importance it's not important; avoir de l'importance to be important; avoir son importance to have importance; n'avoir aucune importance ( pas grave) to be unimportant; ( pas essentiel) to make no difference; d'importance [fait, événement, problème] important; quelle importance? what does it matter?, so what○!;
    2 ( taille) (de réduction, société) size; (de travail, d'effort) amount; (de massacres, dégâts) extent; prendre de l'importance [société, ville] to increase in size; ville d'importance moyenne medium-sized town; d'une certaine importance sizeable; battre or rosser○ qn d'importance to beat sb soundly;
    3 ( influence) importance; prendre de l'importance [personne] to become more important; pour se donner de l'importance to make oneself look important.
    [ɛ̃pɔrtɑ̃s] nom féminin
    1. [qualitative - d'une décision, d'un discours, d'une personne] importance, significance
    avoir de l'importance to be of importance, to matter
    a. [personne] unimportant, insignificant
    b. [fait] of no importance, irrelevant
    c. [somme] insignificant, trifling
    accorder ou attacher trop d'importance à quelque chose to attach too much importance ou significance to something
    2. [quantitative - d'un effectif, d'une agglomération] size ; [ - de dégâts, de pertes] extent
    ————————
    d'importance locution adjectivale

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > importance

  • 5 überbewerten

    v/t (untr., hat) overrate
    * * *
    to overvalue
    * * *
    über|be|wer|ten ptp überbewertet
    vt insep (lit)
    to overvalue; (fig auch) to overrate; Schulleistung etc to mark too high

    wollen wir doch eine so vereinzelte Äußerung nicht ǘberbewerten — let's not attach too much importance to such an isolated remark

    * * *
    (to think that something is better, stronger, more valuable etc than it really is: Her beauty is overrated.) overrate
    * * *
    über·be·wer·ten *
    vt
    ▪ etw \überbewerten to overvalue [or overrate] sth; (Schularbeit) to mark sth too high [or give sth too high a mark
    ▪ etw \überbewerten to overestimate [or overrate] sth
    du überbewertest diese Äußerung you're attaching too much importance [or significance] to this comment
    * * *
    ich überbewerte, überbewertet, überzubewerten transitives Verb overvalue; (überschätzen) overvalue; overrate; mark <pupil, piece of work, gymnast, skater, etc.> too high
    * * *
    überbewerten v/t (untrennb, hat) overrate
    * * *
    ich überbewerte, überbewertet, überzubewerten transitives Verb overvalue; (überschätzen) overvalue; overrate; mark <pupil, piece of work, gymnast, skater, etc.> too high
    * * *
    v.
    to overvalue v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > überbewerten

  • 6 Gewicht

    n; -(e)s, -e
    1. nur Sg. (Schwere) weight; (Last, Belastung) auch load; fehlendes Gewicht short weight; spezifisches Gewicht PHYS., CHEM. specific gravity; totes Gewicht TECH. dead weight; zulässiges Gewicht maximum permitted weight, weight limit; eines Fahrzeugs mit Ladung: maximum laden (Am. gross) weight; nach Gewicht verkaufen by weight; ein Gewicht von 100 kg haben weigh 100 kg; ein großes / geringes Gewicht haben be heavy / light; nicht das nötige Gewicht haben be underweight; ich versuche, mein Gewicht zu halten I’m trying to stay (at) the same weight; er bringt momentan zu viel Gewicht auf die Waage Boxer, Ringer etc.: he’s over the weight limit at the moment
    2. einer Waage, von Hanteln etc.: weight; Gewichte heben / stemmen do weight-lifting, lift weights
    3. nur Sg.; fig. (Bedeutung) weight, importance, significance; Gewicht legen auf (wichtig nehmen) set great store by; (betonen) place great emphasis on; einer Sache großes / wenig Gewicht beimessen attach great / little importance to; an Gewicht gewinnen / verlieren gain / lose in importance ( oder significance); einer Sache Gewicht geben oder verleihen lend weight to; Gewicht haben carry weight ( bei with); das Gewicht hat sich verlagert the emphasis has ( oder the priorities have) shifted; ins Gewicht fallen count, matter (a lot); nicht ins Gewicht fallen make no difference; fällt das überhaupt ins Gewicht? auch is it important?; so bekommt die Angelegenheit zu viel Gewicht that’s making too much of the matter; sein ganzes Gewicht in die Waagschale werfen bring all one’s weight to bear
    * * *
    das Gewicht
    (Bedeutung) importance;
    (Schwere) weight
    * * *
    Ge|wịcht [gə'vɪçt]
    nt -(e)s, -e
    1) no pl (lit, fig) weight

    dieser Stein hat ein großes Gewicht — this rock is very heavy

    er hat sein Gewicht gehalten — he has stayed the same weight

    das hat ein Gewicht! (inf) — it isn't half heavy! (Brit inf), it's very heavy!

    etw nach Gewicht verkaufen — to sell sth by weight

    Gewicht haben (lit) — to be heavy; (fig) to carry weight

    ins Gewicht fallen — to be crucial

    nicht ins Gewicht fallen — to be of no consequence

    Gewicht beilegen or beimessen — to set( great) store by sth, to lay stress on sth

    See:
    2) (Metallstück zum Beschweren etc, Sport) weight
    * * *
    das
    1) (importance given to something: He placed great emphasis on this point.) emphasis
    2) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) weight
    3) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) weight
    4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) weight
    * * *
    Ge·wicht
    <-[e]s, -e>
    [gəˈvɪçt]
    nt
    1. kein pl (Schwere eines Körpers) weight no indef art, no pl, + sing vb
    frachtpflichtiges \Gewicht chargeable weight
    spezifisches \Gewicht PHYS specific weight [or gravity]
    \Gewicht haben to be heavy, to weigh a lot
    ein \Gewicht von 100 kg haben to weigh 100 kg
    ein großes \Gewicht haben to weigh a great deal, to be very heavy
    ein geringes \Gewicht haben to weigh little, to be very light
    etw nach \Gewicht verkaufen to sell sth by weight
    an \Gewicht verlieren/zunehmen to lose/put on [or gain] weight
    sein \Gewicht halten to stay [or remain] the same weight
    zu viel/zu wenig \Gewicht auf die Waage bringen to weigh in too heavy/too light
    unter dem \Gewicht einer S. gen (a. fig) under the weight of sth
    2. kein pl (fig: Wichtigkeit, Bedeutung) weight
    \Gewicht haben to carry weight
    sein ganzes \Gewicht [für jdn/etw] in die Waagschale werfen to bring all one's influence to bear [for sb/sth], to put one's full weight [behind sb/sth]
    ins \Gewicht fallen to count, to make a difference
    [kaum/nicht] ins \Gewicht fallen to [hardly/not] count [or make a difference]
    auf etw akk [großes] \Gewicht legen, etw dat [großes] \Gewicht beimessen to attach [great [or much]] significance [or importance] [or consequence] to sth, to set [great [or much]] store by sth; (hervorheben) to lay stress on sth
    [nicht] von \Gewicht of [no] importance, [in]significant, [un]important, of [no] great consequence form
    eine Person von \Gewicht a person who carries a lot of weight
    * * *
    das; Gewicht[e]s, Gewichte (auch Physik, auch fig.) weight

    ein Gewicht von 75 kg/ein großes Gewicht haben — weigh 75 kg/be very heavy

    das spezifische Gewicht — (Physik) the specific gravity

    einer Sache (Dat.) [kein] Gewicht beimessen od. beilegen — attach [no] importance to something

    [nicht] ins Gewicht fallen — be of [no] consequence

    * * *
    Gewicht n; -(e)s, -e
    1. nur sg (Schwere) weight; (Last, Belastung) auch load;
    fehlendes Gewicht short weight;
    spezifisches Gewicht PHYS, CHEM specific gravity;
    totes Gewicht TECH dead weight;
    zulässiges Gewicht maximum permitted weight, weight limit; eines Fahrzeugs mit Ladung: maximum laden (US gross) weight;
    ein großes/geringes Gewicht haben be heavy/light;
    ich versuche, mein Gewicht zu halten I’m trying to stay (at) the same weight;
    er bringt momentan zu viel Gewicht auf die Waage Boxer, Ringer etc: he’s over the weight limit at the moment
    2. einer Waage, von Hanteln etc: weight;
    Gewichte heben/stemmen do weight-lifting, lift weights
    3. nur sg; fig (Bedeutung) weight, importance, significance;
    Gewicht legen auf (wichtig nehmen) set great store by; (betonen) place great emphasis on;
    großes/wenig Gewicht beimessen attach great/little importance to;
    an Gewicht gewinnen/verlieren gain/lose in importance ( oder significance);
    verleihen lend weight to;
    Gewicht haben carry weight (
    bei with);
    das Gewicht hat sich verlagert the emphasis has ( oder the priorities have) shifted;
    ins Gewicht fallen count, matter (a lot);
    nicht ins Gewicht fallen make no difference;
    fällt das überhaupt ins Gewicht? auch is it important?;
    so bekommt die Angelegenheit zu viel Gewicht that’s making too much of the matter;
    sein ganzes Gewicht in die Waagschale werfen bring all one’s weight to bear
    * * *
    das; Gewicht[e]s, Gewichte (auch Physik, auch fig.) weight

    ein Gewicht von 75 kg/ein großes Gewicht haben — weigh 75 kg/be very heavy

    das spezifische Gewicht — (Physik) the specific gravity

    einer Sache (Dat.) [kein] Gewicht beimessen od. beilegen — attach [no] importance to something

    [nicht] ins Gewicht fallen — be of [no] consequence

    * * *
    -e n.
    weight n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gewicht

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