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
Herbertoer-BER-to (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Stoyan-Bulgarian
S&Aelig;Wine-Anglo-Saxon
North[nɔ:θ]
Emmett['emit]
KayleeKAY-leeEnglish (Modern)