crucial

Definition of crucial in English English dictionary: Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped; Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music
Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton.; Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important
A secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower.; {s} critical, decisive, very important; If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important. He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery. = critical + crucially cru·cial·ly Chewing properly is crucially important Crucially, though, it failed to secure the backing of the banks. something that is crucial is extremely important, because everything else depends on it crucial to (from crux; CROSS); {a} transverse, running across, crossed; Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision; of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"; having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony; of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony; Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test; having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"; of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"; having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"
crucial factor: decisive factor, critical cause
crucial game: decisive game, match which is very important to a team
crucial match: decisive game, match which is very important to a team
crucial stage: important phase, decisive phase
crucial support: support that is very important
crucial vote: deciding ballot, deciding vote
crucially: critically, with far reaching consequences
crucially: to a crucial degree; "crucially important"; "crucially, he must meet us at the airport
crucially: to a crucial degree; "crucially important"; "crucially, he must meet us at the airport"
crucially: In a crucial manner

crucial

Hyphenation

cru·cial

Turkish pronunciation

kruşıl

Synonyms

acute, central, clamorous, climacteric, climatic, compelling, deciding, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, hanging by thread, high-priority, imperative, insistent

Antonyms

inessential, trivial, uncritical, unimportant

Pronunciation

/ˈkro͞osʜəl/ /ˈkruːʃəl/

Etymology

() 1706, from French crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin crux, crucis (“cross”). The meaning "decisive, critical" is extended from a logical term, Instantias Crucis, adopted by Francis Bacon (1620); the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose.