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[ adjective ] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
Synonyms Examples "a crucial moment in his career" "a crucial election" "a crucial issue for women" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Love is the crucial dilemma of experience for Mann 's heroes . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)size at which life is started and at which sexual maturity is reached ; time required to reach maturity ; rate_of_growth both before and after this crucial stage ; and maximum length , with confirmation or amplification of Oliver 's figures . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)The foregoing remarks imply that the hypothalamic balance plays a crucial role at the crossroads between physiological and pathological forms of emotion . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)He felt himself now , as he himself says in his Confessions , at a crucial point of his life . Related terms noncrucial critical life-and-death pivotal essential decisive critical |
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[ adjective ] of the greatest importance
Examples "the all-important subject of disarmament" "crucial information" "in chess cool nerves are of the essence" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of the greatest importance
Examples "the all-important subject of disarmament" "crucial information" "in chess cool nerves are of the essence" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having the power or quality of deciding
Synonyms Examples "the crucial experiment" "cast the deciding vote" "the determinative (or determinant) battle" Related terms |
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