very important person
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈvɜri ɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈpɜrsən/
:
persona muy importante
- Got some very important people for you to meet.
- a lot of very important people
- meet some very important people
- a very important person in my life
OK, so this, this man is a very important person.
- OK, so this, this man is a very important person.
- You need to become a very important person.
- Now there's another guy who's in the Seattle Zoo, the Woodland Park Zoo, and his name's VIP, very important person, VIP.
- Then next Tuesday we will have a very important person who is a former head of the FHA Federal Housing Authority.
Examples
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I have some guests, some very important people coming.
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We'll disguise you as a very important person.
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And he was invited to give a talk where very important people are listening.
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The tickets are for very important people only.
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You are a very important person, are you not?
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You all work for very important people.
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When we were out, I introduced her to very important people.
Fiction book (1995) -
I met a lot of very important people that way.
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You know, I'm told by some very important people.
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Students had been told that a very important person was coming to visit.
Synonyms
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1.0
The most important person or thing in a field
126
4.0
A very important and influential person in a field
125
3.1
A very important person who gets special treatment
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7.4
A very respected person in a field who is often an expert
50
1.8
A person whose actions or words change what happens for many people
37
3.8
An important person who is treated as successful or powerful
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6.8
A very important event, thing, or person that matters a lot
31
6.9
A person who has an important job in government or the church
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3.8
A person or company that has a lot of power in a field
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6.9
An important person with power in a company or group
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3.2
A person whose actions or ideas strongly affect other people's choices
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3.6
An important person in a group or organization who has power
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5.3
A person who is very important in a group or company
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7.1
A person with an important job in an organization
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4.1
A person who is well known and admired
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9.5
A very important person in a group or organization, often the most powerful
4
7.5
A very large, strong, or important person like a leader
1
7.5
A person who is in charge of a group and makes the main decisions
1
8.1
An important person who makes key decisions for a group
1
2.5
An important person who is well known in a field
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9.9
A person who acts too proud and tries to seem important
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9.9
A person who has a lot of influence behind the scenes without an official role
A joking name for a person who has great power in a group
A person who has an important job that people mention as a joke
Antonyms
How Important
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2.5
31
6.9
50
1.8
5
4.1
50
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'very' intensifies 'important', and 'important person' straightforwardly denotes a person of considerable influence or status. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common construction with no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Very important person grew from the short form V.I.P., which hotels and events would put next to names to show who should get special treatment. Seeing V.I.P. meant a private entrance, a reserved seat, or extra help, so the phrase now means 'a person who gets special attention or privileges'.