historical importance

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandimportance

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical importance

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This essay offers an analysis of one of the forgotten enquetes, which appears in a short-lived journal of considerable contemporary andhistoricalimportance.
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The earlier devices are ofhistoricalimportance, and without them the better performance of the newer ones would not have taken place.
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To the city's new-foundhistoricalimportancewas added a democratic twist.
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Thehistoricalimportanceof the workmen's compensation act of 1897 has been universally recognized.
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In the majority of countries national vaccination programmes involve only children, because of thehistoricalimportanceof diphtheria in this group.
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Behind the scene is a deeper social andhistoricalimportance.
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Firstly, it has significanthistoricalimportanceand, secondly, this collection is the most complete in terms of instruments and documentary resources.
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Perceptions of this release and itshistoricalimportancehave changed significantly over time, and there are reasons - identifiable ones - for those changes.
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Instead, attention is focused on the consumption averages for five-year periods as well as the figures for two specific years ofhistoricalimportance, 1913 and 1929.
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Instead, at the conclusion of each chapter, a variety of references, some reviews, some original articles and some ofhistoricalimportance, are supplied together with key websites.
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Beswick tends to write as though they are 'key ', simply because of their objective,historicalimportance.
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Upon close inspection, their triggers are discovered to be no different from a multitude of otherwise mundane occurrences, except that they happened to cause something of greathistoricalimportance.
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Elster pays a lot of attention to the historical context in which these authors made their observations in order to infer the relativehistoricalimportanceof these emotions.
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If we stick rigidly to the belief that these borders are of realhistoricalimportance, it will not help when it conies to making policy.
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The events may be to mark some noteworthy anniversary or achievement and should be in keeping with thehistoricalimportanceand dignity of the castle.
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It was a moment of suchhistoricalimportancethat many people felt that from then onwards, the world could only prosper.
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I cherish, of course, the transatlantic alliance and itshistoricalimportance.
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This has been an excellent debate on a subject of unparalleledhistoricalimportance.
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This is indicative of thehistoricalimportanceof this issue.
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