crucial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crucial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crucial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crucial adj of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" Synonym(s): crucial, important Antonym(s): noncrucial having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony" of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence" Synonym(s): all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, essential, of the essence(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crucial \Cru"cial\ (kr?"shal), a. [F. crucial, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross, torture. See {Cross}.] 1. Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision. 2. Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.