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   crucial

   /ˈkruːʃl/

   adjective

   • 1. decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something: "negotiations were at a crucial stage" Similar pivotalcriticalkeyclimactericdecisivedecidingdeterminingsettlingtestingtryingsearchingmajorsignificantinfluentialmomentousconsequentialweightybigimportanthistoricepoch-makingfar-reachinglife-and-deathOpposite minor
   • ▪ of great importance: "this game is crucial to our survival" Similar very importantof the utmost importanceof great consequenceof the essencecriticalhigh-prioritypre-eminentparamountall-importantessentialvitalvitally importantindispensablemandatoryurgentpressingcompellingnecessaryneededrequiredrequisiteOpposite unimportant
   • ▪ excellent.

   Word Origin early 18th century (in the sense ‘cross-shaped’): from French, from Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross’. The sense ‘decisive’ is from Francis Bacon's Latin phrase instantia crucis ‘crucial instance’, which he explained as a metaphor from a crux or fingerpost marking a fork at a crossroad; Newton and Boyle took up the metaphor in experimentum crucis ‘crucial experiment’.

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   • 1. cruciality noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › crucialCrucial Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of CRUCIAL is important, significant. How to use crucial in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Crucial.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCRUCIAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   (of a decision or event) extremely important because many other things depend on it: The behavior of the oceans is a crucial aspect of global warming. crucially. adverb us / ˈkru·ʃə·li / The band wants to win over fans and, more crucially, radio programmers.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCRUCIAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important. He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. ...the most crucial election campaign for years.

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   Definitions of crucial. adjective. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis. “a crucial moment in his career”. “a crucial election”. “a crucial issue for women”. synonyms: important. critical. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCRUCIAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   (of a decision or event) extremely important because many other things depend on it: The behavior of the oceans is a crucial aspect of global warming. crucially. adverb us / ˈkru·ʃə·li / The band wants to win over fans and, more crucially, radio programmers.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitioncrucial adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   essential extremely important and completely necessary, because without it something cannot exist, be made, or be successful: Experience is essential for this job. vital essential: The police play a vital role in our society.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcrucial adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of crucial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does the adjective crucial mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective crucial. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. crucial has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. anatomy (early 1700s) surgery (early 1700s) Entry status.

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryCRUCIAL - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

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    A complete guide to the word "CRUCIAL": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

11. www.thefreedictionary.com › crucialCrucial - definition of crucial by The Free Dictionary

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    a. Extremely significant or important: "Infancy ... is now understood as a crucial building block of human personality" (Anne Roiphe). b. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome: a crucial moment in the political campaign. See Synonyms at decisive.