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
Aliya (2)-Hebrew
'Ach'av-Biblical Hebrew
Jagadisha-Hinduism
EvelineEV-ə-leen (English), EV-ə-lien (English), ay-və-LEE-nə (Dutch), ay-və-LEEN (Dutch)English, French, Dutch
TuĞBa-Turkish
Aristarchus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)