An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
IMPORTANCE
importance
(noun) the quality of being important and worthy of note; “the importance of a well-balanced diet”
importance, grandness
(noun) a prominent status; “a person of importance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
importance (countable and uncountable, plural importances)
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
significance or prominence.
personal status or standing.
Something of importance.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*por"tance, n. Etym: [F. importance. See Important.]
1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope.
2. Subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.
3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.
4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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