A Topical Dictionary: Search for pivotal

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English

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Adjective

pivotal

of, relating to, or being a pivot
being of crucial importance; central, key

Translations

Finnish: keskeinen, ratkaiseva

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Pivotal \Piv"ot*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to,
or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the
pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a
battle.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet pivotal
adj : being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal
location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"-
Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a
polar principal" [syn: polar]

Moby Dictionary
acute , axial , behind the scenes , capital , cardinal , causal ,
causative , centermost , central , centralized , centric , centroidal ,
centrosymmetric , charged , clamorous , climacteric , compelling ,
concentrated , constitutive , critical , crucial , crying , decisive ,
determinative , effectual , emergent , essential , etiological ,
exigent , focal , formative , geocentric , high-pressure ,
high-priority , imperative , imperious , important , insistent ,
instant , institutive , kairotic , key , loaded , middle , middlemost ,
midmost , momentous , occasional , omphalic , originative , overriding ,
overruling , pregnant , pressing , principal , radical , ruling ,
significant , umbilical , urgent , vital