crucial (a)
important#2 (a)

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def of extreme importance
def vital to the resolution of a crisis
examples a crucial moment in his career
a crucial election
a crucial issue for women
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Also see critical; decisive; essential
Derivationally related form important → importance
Derivationally related form crucial → cruciality
Antonym crucial → noncrucial
Similar to critical, decisive; life-and-death, life-or-death; pivotal, polar
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Also see critical; decisive; essential
Similar to critical, decisive; life-and-death, life-or-death; pivotal, polar
Antonym noncrucial → crucial
Derived from adjective crucially → crucial
Derivationally related form importance → important
Derivationally related form cruciality → crucial

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