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[ vahyt -l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvaɪt l / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of or relating to life: vital processes.
having remarkable energy, liveliness, or force of personality: a vital leader.
being the seat or source of life: the vital organs.
necessary to life: vital fluids.
necessary to the existence, continuance, or well-being of something; indispensable; essential: vital for a healthy society.
affecting the existence, well-being, truth, etc., of something: a vital error.
of critical importance: vital decisions.
destructive to life; deadly: a vital wound.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of vital 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin vītālis, equivalent to vīt (a ) life (derivative of vīvere to live; akin to Greek bíesthai, Sanskrit jīvati (he) lives, English quick) + -ālis -al1
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OTHER WORDS FROM vital vi·tal·ly, adverb vi·tal·ness, noun non·vi·tal, adjective non·vi·tal·ly, adverb
non·vi·tal·ness, noun quasi-vital, adjective qua·si-vi·tal·ly, adverb su·per·vi·tal, adjective su·per·vi·tal·ly, adverb su·per·vi·tal·ness, noun un·vi·tal, adjective un·vi·tal·ly, adverb un·vi·tal·ness, noun
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Words nearby vital visuomotor, visuosensory, visuospatial, vita, vitaceous, vital , vital capacity, vital force, vital function, Vitalian, vital index
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British Dictionary definitions for vital adjective essential to maintain life the lungs perform a vital function
forceful, energetic, or lively a vital person
of, relating to, having, or displaying life a vital organism
indispensable or essential books vital to this study
of great importance; decisive a vital game
archaic influencing the course of life, esp negatively a vital treachery
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun (plural) the bodily organs, such as the brain, liver, heart, lungs, etc, that are necessary to maintain life the organs of reproduction, esp the male genitals (plural) the essential elements of anything
Derived forms of vital vitally , adverb Word Origin for vital C14: via Old French from Latin vītālis belonging to life, from vīta life
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Words related to vital necessary, key, integral, needed, fundamental, indispensable, crucial, urgent, important, imperative, critical, significant, basic, decisive, meaningful, vibrant, vigorous, energetic, dynamic, cardinal
Medical definitions for vital adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of life.
Necessary to the continuation of life.
Used or done on a living cell or tissue, as in staining.
Destructive to life; fatal, as of an injury.
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