About The Word Crucial

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Crucial

Crucial Meaning & Definition
Crucial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crucial?

[adj] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
[adj] having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
[adj] of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
[adj] having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crucial: all important(p) | all-important(a) | critical | deciding(a) | decisive | determinant | determinative | determining(a) | important | life-and-death | life-or-death | material | of import | of the essence(p) | pivotal | polar | relevant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crucial: aboriginal | acute | basal | basic | central | charged | clamorous | climacteric | compelling | critical | crying | deciding | decisive | desperate | dire | elemental | elementary | embryonic | emergent | essential | exigent | fundamental | generative | genetic | germinal | high-pressure | high-priority | imperative | imperious | important | in embryo | in ovo | insistent | instant | kairotic | loaded | major | momentous | necessary | original | pivotal | pregnant | pressing | primal | primary | primeval | primitive | primordial | pristine | protogenic | radical | rudimentary | seminal | urgent | vital

See Also | essential

Crucial In Webster's Dictionary

\Cru"cial\ (kr?"shal), a. [F. crucial, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross, torture. See {Cross}.] 1. Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision. 2. Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.

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