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crucial
English
Etymology
1706, from French crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin crux, crucis (“cross”) (English crux), from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).
The meaning “decisive, critical” is extended from a logical term, Instantias Crucis, adopted by Francis Bacon in his influential Novum Organum (1620); the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?u?.??l/
- Rhymes: -u???l
Adjective
crucial (comparative more crucial, superlative most crucial)
- Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:important
- (archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
- (slang, especially Jamaican, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
Derived terms
- crucial experiment
Related terms
- cross
- crux
Translations
References
French
Etymology
From a root of Latin crux (“cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?y.sjal/
Adjective
crucial (feminine singular cruciale, masculine plural cruciaux, feminine plural cruciales)
- cruciform
- crucial, critical, vital
Further reading
- “crucial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cru?ci?al
Adjective
crucial m or f (plural cruciais, comparable)
- crucial
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:crucial.
Romanian
Etymology
From French crucial
Adjective
crucial m or n (feminine singular crucial?, masculine plural cruciali, feminine and neuter plural cruciale)
- pivotal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From English crucial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /k?u??jal/, [k?u??jal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /k?u?sjal/, [k?u?sjal]
Adjective
crucial (plural cruciales)
- crucial
crucial From the web:
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demanding
English
Etymology
From demand +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??m??nd??/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??mænd??/
- Rhymes: -??nd??, -ænd??
Adjective
demanding (comparative more demanding, superlative most demanding)
- Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:bossy
Translations
Verb
demanding
- present participle of demand
Anagrams
- maddening
demanding From the web:
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- demanding what you want from a man
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