strategic importance

collocation in English

meaningsofstrategicandimportance

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strategic
adjective
uk
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/us
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofstrategicandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstrategic importance

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Itsstrategicimportanceremained as high as ever.
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Thestrategicimportanceof how office design can transmit messages about business intentions has become overt.
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Given thestrategicimportanceof this pioneering venture, it is thus instructive to consider further some of its primary design objectives.
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Ownership of a donkey is ofstrategicimportance.
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Sectarianism and its institutionalization in madrasahs thus hadstrategicimportancefor the state.
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As the book points out (pp. 42-50), both issues are also of considerablestrategicimportanceto organised labour.
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Yet given itsstrategicimportance, surprisingly little is known about this system's character and functioning.
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Within the space of a couple of years chicle resin had assumedstrategicimportance.
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Nevertheless, thestrategicimportanceof the first credible commitment in the negotiation process should never be overlooked.
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By 1995, markets had certainly grown with many more industries open to non-state operations than in 1988, but the party-state maintained its monopoly over industries ofstrategicimportance.
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It creates a framework for cooperation, which is ofstrategicimportancefor supporting the political, social and economic reforms of our closest partners.
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This is a road of vitalstrategicimportance.
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I propose now to say a few words about the aircraft industry which is of suchstrategicimportanceto our country.
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Not only is that vital for my constituents; it hasstrategicimportancefor the entire region.
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And that it would do, if it were not for this element, however much it may be, ofstrategicimportance.
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Therefore, it is a matter of first-class political andstrategicimportance.
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The naval base is ofstrategicimportance.
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Before closing branch lines to these small ports, we must be careful to make sure that these ports are not ofstrategicimportance.
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Priority in the distribution of research funds is being given to areas identified by industry as being ofstrategicimportance.
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Thestrategicimportanceof cheap resources of thermal and chemical energy has not been sufficiently realised.
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