crucial

  • 31crucial — adjective /ˈkruː.ʃəl/ a) Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important. The battle of Tali Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial moments in the history of Finland. b) Cruciform or cruciate;… …

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  • 32crucial — see CROSS * * *    The word originally applied to something that was cross shaped. Hence its origin in Latin crux, genitive crucis, cross (with this English word of the same origin). The use of crucial to mean very important draws its metaphor… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 33crucial — (adj) (Intermedio) fundamental para el desarrollo de algo Ejemplos: Ahora la elección de la universidad es una decisión crucial para el futuro de mi hijo. El artista disfrutó del momento crucial en su vida y tuvo éxito. Sinónimos: primordial …

    Español Extremo Basic and Intermediate

  • 34crucial — / kru:SFl/ adjective 1 something that is crucial is extremely important because everything else depends on it: crucial decisions involving millions of dollars 2 slang excellent crucially adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35crucial — adjective 1) negotiations were at a crucial stage Syn: pivotal, critical, key, decisive, life and death 2) confidentiality is crucial Syn: all important, of the utmost importance, of the essence, critical, paramoun …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 36crucial — cruciality /krooh shee al i tee, krooh shal /, n. crucially, adv. /krooh sheuhl/, adj. 1. involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment. 2. severe; trying. 3. of the form of a cross; cross shaped.… …

    Universalium

  • 37crucial — Very good, incredible. Ed: Have you seen Boondock Saints? Ted: Yeah, that movie is crucial …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 38crucial — Very good, incredible. Ed: Have you seen Boondock Saints? Ted: Yeah, that movie is crucial …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 39crucial — adj British a Jamaican code word from the radical self dramatising slang of rude boys and reggae devotees, crucial became a vogue term of appreciation in London around 1979, first among black youth and later their white imitators. Lenny Henry,… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 40crucial — Adj. Great, excellent, essential. E.g. I m going to buy that new tune by the Kaiser Chiefs, it s crucial …

    English slang and colloquialisms

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