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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 meaning of CRUCIAL is important, significant. How to use crucial in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Crucial.
(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.
Crucial definition: involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical. See examples of CRUCIAL used in a sentence.
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.
(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.
Definition of crucial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
Synonyms for CRUCIAL: key, critical, vital, pivotal, essential, fundamental, necessary, basic; Antonyms of CRUCIAL: minor, unimportant, insignificant, trivial, inconsequential
extremely important or necessary: a crucial decision / question. Her work has been crucial to the project's success. crucially. adverb. (Definition of crucial from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of crucial. in Chinese (Traditional) 至關重要的, 關鍵的, 決定性的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 至关重要的, 关键的, 决定性的…
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):
