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
Saule-Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Iapetus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Lata-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Prokopis-Greek
Lusine-Armenian
Ignaciaeeg-NAH-thyah (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish