Dictionary Definition
crucial adj
1 of extreme importance; vital to the resolution
of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial
election"; "a crucial issue for women" [syn: important] [ant: noncrucial]
2 having crucial relevance; "crucial to the
case"; "relevant testimony" [syn: relevant]
3 of the greatest importance; "the all-important
subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool
nerves are of the essence" [syn: all-important(a),
all
important(p), essential, of the
essence(p)]
4 having the power or quality of deciding; "the
crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative
(or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a),
determinant,
determinative,
determining(a)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -uːʃəl
Adjective
- 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.
- A secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower.
- The battle of Tali-Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial
moments in the history of Finland.
- Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
- In the context of "slang|especially|Jamaican English": Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
Translations
extremely important
- Finnish: ratkaiseva, elintärkeä
- German: entscheidend
- Hebrew: מכריע (crucial for determining the future), חיוני (crucial for existence or welfare)
- Italian: cruciale
- Polish: krytyczny
- Portuguese: crucial
- Spanish: crucial
- Swedish: avgörande
cross-shaped
- Finnish: ristinmuotoinen
- Italian: cruciforme
- Portuguese: crucial
- ttbc French: crucial
Extensive Definition
Crucial may refer to:
- Crucial Technology, a brand used by semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology
- The Crucial Conspiracy, an album by The Dingees
- Crucial - a reggae, rock band out of Philadelphia
- The Crucial Squeegie Lip, a recording by Ween
- Crucial Three, a short-lived band, several of whose members would later become famous
- Crucial (Single), by New Edition
- Crucial (a Christian rapper)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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