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10 Language-to-English DictionariesRelative importance
/ˈrɛl.ə.tɪv ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The comparative significance, value, or priority of something in relation to other things.
"The committee discussed the relative importance of each item on the agenda." - 2
A quantified measure of how much weight or influence a specific factor holds compared to alternative factors.
"Statistical analysis helped researchers determine the relative importance of environmental variables."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'relative' from Late Latin 'relativus' (relating to, having relation) and 'importance' from Medieval Latin 'importantia' (being of consequence). The phrasal pairing emerged in early modern academic and philosophical discourse to denote the comparative value of multiple items.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Relative importance" is said worldwide
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importance relative
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s ʁə.la.tiv/
"Il faut évaluer l'importance relative de ces facteurs."
relative Bedeutung
Transliteration: /ˈʁeːla.tiːvə bəˈdʊŋən/
"Man muss die relative Bedeutung jedes Aspekts berücksichtigen."
importanza relativa
Transliteration: /im.porˈtan.tza re.laˈti.va/
"Dobbiamo stabilire l'importanza relativa del progetto."
importancia relativa
Transliteration: /im.poɾˈtan.sja re.laˈti.βa/
"Analizaron la importancia relativa de cada variable."
importância relativa
Transliteration: /ĩ.puɾˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ ʁe.laˈtʃi.vɐ/
"É preciso calcular a importância relativa dos dados."
सापेक्ष महत्व
Transliteration: sāpekṣ mahatva
"हमें प्रत्येक कारक के सापेक्ष महत्व को समझना चाहिए।"
相对重要性
Transliteration: xiāngduì zhòngyào xìng
"研究人员评估了各个因素的相对重要性。"
상대적 중요도
Transliteration: sangdaejeok jung-yodo
"우리는 각 요소의 상대적 중요도를 평가해야 한다."
相対的重要度
Transliteration: sōtaiteki jūyōdo
"各要素の相対的重要度を分析する。"
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