of the first magnitude



of the first magnitude

Of major importance or significance. You have to study Shakespeare because he is a poet of the first magnitude. We need to close the highway immediately—this is an accident of the first magnitude.
See also: first, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Watkins['wɔtkinz]
Bobette
Hyperion-Greek Mythology
LyraLIE-rə (English), LEE-rə (English)Astronomy
Pran-Indian, Hindi
Meeks[mi:ks]