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- DictionaryCru·cial/ˈkro͞oSH(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something: "negotiations were at a crucial stage"
The word crucial describes something that is important or essential to success, like the crucial dress rehearsals that ensure everything will run smoothly on your play's opening night.
2 days ago · (kruʃəl ) adjective. If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important. He had administrators under him but made the crucial decisions himself. Synonyms: vital, important, pressing, essential More Synonyms of crucial. crucially adverb. Chewing properly is crucially important. More Synonyms of crucial.
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.
Definition of crucial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. 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. 2. Archaic Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.
involving a final or supremely important decision or event; decisive; critical. informal very important. slang very good. Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Latin crux cross. ˈcrucially adv. 'crucial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adjective. Of supreme importance; decisive; critical. A crucial decision. Webster's New World. Extremely significant or important. American Heritage. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome. A crucial moment in the political campaign. American Heritage. Having the form of a cross. A crucial incision.
