crucial

Etymology
1706, from, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin (English ), from the.

The meaning “decisive, critical” is extended from a logical term, Instantias Crucis, adopted by in his influential  (1620); the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose.

Adjective

 * 1) Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
 * 2)  Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
 * 3)  Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
 * 1)  Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
 * 2)  Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
 * 1)  Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
 * 2)  Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
 * 1)  Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
 * 2)  Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
 * 1)  Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
 * 1)  Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَاسِم
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 至关重要的
 * Cornish: troboyntel
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: afgørende
 * Finnish:, elintärkeä
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מכריע ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: waiwai
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: deatamach
 * Spanish: crucial
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: виріша́льний, крити́чний
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: кръстовиден
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ristinmuotoinen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:

Etymology
From a root of. The sense of "crucial" is a.

Adjective

 * 1) cruciform
 * , critical, vital

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) pivotal

Etymology
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