Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - crucial
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important. He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself... Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery. = critical ADJ: oft ADJ to n • crucially Chewing properly is crucially important... Crucially, though, it failed to secure the backing of the banks. ADV ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: French, from Latin cruc-, crux cross Date: 1706 1. archaic cruciform 2. a. important or essential as resolving a crisis ; decisive a ~ step b. marked by final determination of a doubtful issue the ~ game of a series c. important, significant what use we make of them will be the ~ question — Stanley Kubrick Synonyms: see acute ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 decisive, critical. 2 disp. very important. Derivatives cruciality n. (pl. -ies). crucially adv. Etymology: F f. L crux crucis cross ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. решающий; ключевой crucial test —- решающее испытание crucial experiment —- решающий опыт crucial probem —- ключевая проблема it was crucial to perform an immediate operation on the injured man —- немедленная операция была вопросом жизни или смерти для раненого 2. критический crucial period —- критический период a crucial point in talks —- переломный момент в переговорах 3. анат. крестообразный crucial incision —- крестообразный разрез ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) решающий (о моменте, опыте); критический (о периоде) 2) med. крестообразный Syn: acute, critical, pressing, urgent ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1706, from Fr. crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee, from L. crux (gen. crucis) "cross." Adopted into logic via Francis Bacon; the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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