paramount importance

collocation in English

meaningsofparamountandimportance

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paramount
adjective
uk
/ˈpær.ə.maʊnt/
us
/ˈper.ə.maʊnt/
more important than ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/
us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofparamountandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparamount importance

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The multiple relationships between technology and composer and performer are dynamic and ofparamountimportanceto each party.
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The need for cash to meet the various calls on entitlements is ofparamountimportance.
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It is therefore ofparamountimportanceto analyse the provision of support in terms of the factors that influence how individuals view and experience ageing.
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This task alone should be recognized as being ofparamountimportanceto linguistics today.
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The third rule was found to be ofparamountimportancein the fishery sector and it provided a very efficient system of conflict resolution.
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Developmental needs of children should be ofparamountimportancein making decisions about foster placement.
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Performing a comprehensive estimation of the population group at risk for a given disease is ofparamountimportance.
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These languages are ofparamountimportanceto composers and performers due to their flexibility and sophistication.
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Ensuring adequate supplies of safe water sources is therefore ofparamountimportancein relation to both environment and health issues.
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It is ofparamountimportance, when constructing parameters for a lingua franca, that all of the speakers of the language are on equal footing.
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Ensuring adequate supplies of safe water is ofparamountimportancefor health considerations.
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The early detection and effective monitoring of vector breeding habitats is therefore ofparamountimportance.
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For that reason understanding inter-bank interest rate determination assumesparamountimportancefor an efficient monetary policy implementation.
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The considerably greater land-use efficiency of a maize-cassava intercrop, and especially in insecticide treated plots, is ofparamountimportancefor landconstrained, poor farmers.
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The questions of original intent or purpose were ofparamountimportance.
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It is therefore ofparamountimportanceto gain as much insight as possible into the determinants of emissions and expected future developments.
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