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(kruːʃəl)
adjective
If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself.
...the most crucial election campaign for years.
Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery. [+ to]
Synonyms: vital, important, pressing, essential More Synonyms of crucial
crucially adverb
Chewing properly is crucially important.
Crucially, though, it failed to secure the backing of the banks.
More Synonyms of crucial

crucial in British English

(ˈkruːʃəl)
adjective
1. 
involving a final or supremely important decision or event; decisive; critical
2.  informal
very important
3.  slang
very good
Derived forms
crucially (ˈcrucially)
adverb
Word origin
C18: from French, from Latin crux cross

crucial in American English

(ˈkruʃəl)
adjective
1. 
of supreme importance; decisive; critical
a crucial decision
2.  Medicine
having the form of a cross
a crucial incision
SIMILAR WORDS:  aˈcute
Derived forms
crucially (ˈcrucially)
adverb
Word origin
Fr < L crux, cross

Examples of 'crucial' in a sentence
crucial

Successive monarchs and other members of the royal family have played crucial political roles in our past.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She is doing that by cutting out a seemingly crucial part of selling expensive clobber: shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The crucial moments always go against you when you're second in a two-horse race.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He said:'The first goal seems to be crucial at the moment.
The Sun (2017)
The Government's sugar tax will play a crucial role.
The Sun (2016)
Perhaps more importantly, he played a crucial role in 1986 in organising the first papal visit to a synagogue.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With a semi-final place on the line for both players, the champion was by far the more composed at the crucial moments of her win.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are three elements crucial to recovery.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The prize then will be crucial financial backing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The timing of the coronation was of crucial moment.
Jane Dunn ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
There have been friends and family who have played their crucial parts.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
The relationship between these two roles is crucial.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There are two crucial differences in our backgrounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They also serve to remind us that political liberties are crucial for economic growth and cultural confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The banking sector is crucial to economic recovery.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She was popular precisely because she erred at crucial moments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Parents obviously play a crucial role in shaping these goals.
Paul Martin MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)
The resulting insights and goodwill may be crucial in resolving differences.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That will be the crucial issue of economic policy and politics next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His support was crucial during my recovery.
The Sun (2012)
The crucial part is writing a really great book.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The crucial difference between a retirement village and a nursing home is that you own your home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Now it continues to push forward crucial economic reforms in a broad range of areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Confidence is crucial to recovery and investment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Crucial moments in history call for great leaders.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It formed a crucial part of the evidence against him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is a scene in which a Belgian lorry driver plays a small but crucial role.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
MI5 bosses have given their crucial backing to the new package of powers agreed by the Cabinet yesterday.
The Sun (2011)
America's backing was crucial to the British campaign.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
crucial

British English: crucial /ˈkruːʃəl/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is crucial is extremely important.
An animal's sense of smell is crucial to its survival.
  • American English: crucial
  • Arabic: عَصِيب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: crucial
  • Chinese: 关键性的
  • Croatian: ključan
  • Czech: zásadní
  • Danish: afgørende
  • Dutch: cruciaal
  • European Spanish: crucial
  • Finnish: ratkaisevan tärkeä
  • French: crucial
  • German: entscheidend
  • Greek: ζωτικός
  • Italian: cruciale
  • Japanese: 重大な
  • Korean: 결정적인
  • Norwegian: svært viktig
  • Polish: decydujący
  • European Portuguese: crucial
  • Romanian: crucial
  • Russian: ключевой
  • Latin American Spanish: crucial
  • Swedish: kritisk
  • Thai: สำคัญมาก
  • Turkish: önemli
  • Ukrainian: вирішальний
  • Vietnamese: rất quan trọng

All related terms of 'crucial'

crucial issue
An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing .
crucial match
A match is an organized game of football , tennis , cricket , or some other sport.
crucial point
A point is a detail, aspect , or quality of something or someone.
crucial stage
A stage of an activity, process, or period is one part of it.
crucial element
The different elements of something are the different parts it contains.
crucial meeting
A meeting is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions .
crucial moment
A particular moment is the point in time at which something happens .
crucial advantage
An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
crucial importance
The importance of something is its quality of being significant , valued, or necessary in a particular situation.
crucial ingredient
An ingredient of a situation is one of the essential parts of it.
crucial distinction
A distinction between similar things is a difference.

Chinese translation of 'crucial'

crucial

(ˈkruːʃl)

adj

  1. 关(關)键(鍵)性的 (guānjiànxìng de)
    to be crucial to sth 对(對)某事是至关(關)重要的 (duì mǒushì shì zhì guān zhòngyào de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
of exceptional importance
(informal) 
the most crucial election campaign in years
Synonyms
vital
a blockade which could cut off vital oil and gas supplies
important
The important thing is that you rest.
pressing
There is a pressing need for more funds.
essential
It is absolutely essential that we find this man quickly.
urgent
There is an urgent need for food and water.
momentous
the momentous decision to send in the troops
high-priority
2 (adjective) 
Definition
of exceptional importance
At the crucial moment, his nerve failed.
Synonyms
critical
The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign.
central
a central part of government policy
key
psychological
decisive
a decisive victory in the elections
pivotal
The Court of Appeal has a pivotal role in the English legal system.
now or never
trying
testing
The most testing time is the early months of your return to work.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of central
Definition
main or principal
a central part of government policy
Synonyms
main,
central,
chief,
key,
essential,
primary,
principal,
fundamental,
focal
in the sense of decisive
Definition
having great influence on the result of something
a decisive victory in the elections
Synonyms
crucial,
significant,
critical,
final,
positive,
absolute,
influential,
definite,
definitive,
momentous,
conclusive,
fateful
in the sense of essential
Definition
vitally important
It is absolutely essential that we find this man quickly.
Synonyms
vital,
important,
needed,
necessary,
critical,
crucial (informal),
key,
indispensable,
requisite,
vitally important,
must-have

Synonyms of 'crucial'

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