crucial

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From New Latin instantia crucis (crossroads case).

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[edit] Adjective

crucial (comparative more crucial, superlative most crucial)

Positive
crucial

Comparative
more crucial

Superlative
most crucial

  1. 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.
  2. (archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
  3. (slang, chiefly Jamaica) Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
    Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton.

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[edit] Adjective

crucial m. and f. (plural cruciales)

  1. crucial